Posts Tagged ‘data’

Real-time visualization of activity on Facebook

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Check out this neat video I came across today–it presents a real-time visual representation of activity and networking happening on Facebook.

Finding open data on the web

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

ReadWriteWeb has a lengthy list of open data sources available online. Types of data range from census and weather data, to voting records, to information on books, music, and patents.

I’m not even going to pretend like I’ve reviewed each site listed here, let alone taken the time to process each one’s merits, but I figured if nothing else they might serve as starting points for further discussion in terms of how we think of data and dissemination.

Where to Find Open Data on the Web