by Brett Hurt | Jul 24, 2018 | Data community
On July 11 we celebrated the second year anniversary of data.world’s launch. We had a great time at SPiN in the first ever OWL Cup (the ping-pong championship) during the same week as the World Cup in the finals. It was a real upset, and you should ask us about it (as...
by Ian Greenleigh | Jun 14, 2018 | Data community
Owen Temple (@owentemple) was curious: What makes some TED Talks so persuasive? To get his answer, he applied Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to metadata and transcripts of all posted TED Talks and published Words of Persuasion: Text Predictors of...
by Len Fishman | Apr 15, 2018 | Data community
A few weeks ago my colleague said during a Product “Show and Tell” that a handy use for data.world is converting JSON to CSV. Little did I know that this tip would prove useful to me and to friends planning their honeymoon… Short of looking at every square inch of...
by Selene Arrazolo | Apr 12, 2018 | Data community
What does data say about African-American representation in baseball, racial and gender equality in politics, and academic performance in Historically Black Colleges or Universities compared to other institutions? In celebration of this year’s Black History month,...
by Stephen Myers | Mar 22, 2018 | Data community
Are video games getting better or worse over time? Digital distribution has lowered the barriers to market entry, but has quality suffered as a result? And do free or paid games get better reviews? Let’s see what the data has to say. If you are a PC gamer, chances are...
by Selene Arrazolo | Feb 5, 2018 | Data community
What are the barriers preventing you from making data open in your institution? At the 2017 OpenCon Conference I met an energized and inclusive community from all over the world overcoming a variety of barriers, while pushing their respective open access missions. I...
