Need to know what a Nashville-based truck driver makes in a quarter? Mark Bergenholtz built an app for that. The next time you hear a politician boast about creating jobs, fire up Mark Bergenholtz’s U.S. County Data Center and see how the claim looks in the cold light...
To date, businesses have primarily seen open data as an asset that could create value for consumers and themselves. Our understanding of the weather (The Weather Company), neighborhoods and real estate (Zillow/Trulia), and family genealogy (Ancestry.com) are largely...
On July 11, 2016, we launched data.world to the public. Before that date, we were in stealth mode with only this quote on our home page: If the universe of data were suddenly made available, it would unleash the creativity of problem-solvers to combine different data...
Striking a balance With the potential to inspire business opportunities, unlock insights in advanced medical research, and uncover solutions for providing smarter public services, open data is at the forefront of today’s public discourse. More and more, by analyzing...
“What if we look back at this decade and think: this is the moment when we started to sort out what data meant to us?” Laurie Frick believes we’re living this moment right now. As a Data Artist, Laurie explores the intersection of data and design. She is forging a new...
In 1970, people first used more environmental resources than the world could produce. The gap between demand and nature’s ability to meet that demand has grown steadily since then. Each year we live in ecological deficit–taking more than can be replenished–we draw...
