We started our data podcast, Catalog & Cocktails, as a way to stay connected and keep the discussion going about data in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our virtual happy hour over Zoom has been a hit, and we’re excited to announce that in 2021, we already have a phenomenal lineup of experts to join our podcast and share their perspectives.
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data.world community hits an impressive milestone
The data.world community hits an impressive milestone: we have now activated over a million accounts across out enterprise and community data platforms. Clear, accurate, and trustworthy data is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and our partners use data.world to serve critical data to enable everyone to dig in and analyze.
Understanding NULL values: a research partnership with the University of Edinburgh
We are excited to announce a research partnership with University of Edinburgh Professors Leonid Libkin and Paolo Guagliardo from the School of Informatics. The goal of this research is to develop well founded approaches to deal with the users intended semantics for...
Improving Dataset Search: a research partnership with Lehigh University
Photo: “Linderman Library, Lehigh University” by NDXP is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Can you imagine trying to find a bit of information on the Web without using a search engine? Of course not. Similarly, the number of public datasets now available online is so...
Understanding the 2020 US census internet response rate with data projects
Because the 2020 census is the first truly online US census, the response method has been a key part of its response rate data. We might use this data to ask questions like: Which households are responding via the internet and which are not? Has the internet response...
Data context is key to understanding COVID-19 data
With so many people talking about, thinking about, and working with COVID-19 data, it’s often difficult to filter out the noise and get to what’s useful. That’s why we’re working with partners and community members to curate the highest quality data and bring it to...
Say hello at Data Day Texas 2020’s Global Graph Summit!
Austin will be the center of graph geekiness this January 24-25 with the Global Graph Summit at Data Day Texas 2020. The event brings together key players from the graph community, and it’s an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the graph...
Three years in pursuit of a mission that really matters
On July 11, 2019, we celebrated our third anniversary of data.world’s launch. We gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse, followed by bowling and axe-throwing (yes, you read that right—it’s a thing now) at High 5. It was tremendous fun and I truly feel so proud to be a...
How to be a data quality master in the open data community
Ever wondered why your dataset or project didn’t get recognized? You may have missed the mark on data quality. Learn the five foundational traits of data quality in this blog.
Check out this powerful #SXSW schedule query tool
Imagine having it all at your fingertips. All the sessions, speakers, and venues in a simple interface that tells you exactly what you need to know. That's what a query template does for data like SXSW's session information. While this was a private internal tool in...
