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4 min readHow to Evaluate a Modern Data Catalog
The data catalog market has exploded in recent years, and for good reason. Organizations have a ton of data and metadata, but it’s often difficult to find and understand, and people are not sure how to apply the data to their business. A modern data catalog serves...
5 Questions with Nick Schrock
The modern data stack is often defined by the type of technologies that exist within it. Cloud-based, open source, low/no code tools, ELT, and reverse ETL. But surely there’s more to it… isn’t there?
Why Your Business Shouldn’t Wait to Invest in a Data Catalog, Even if You Don’t Think You’re Ready
Given the size and complexity of most mature organizations and their infrastructure, any effort towards data modernization can be a daunting task. Even smaller, newer, nimbler businesses can experience this pain, as, in their haste to scale, they often cobble together...
5 Questions with Erik Bernhardsson
New data tools drop daily, but are they worth the hype? Some launch with overinflated expectations, while others solve a problem that doesn’t really exist. On the flip side, there are tools that transform the enterprise and have the potential to change the way we manage data forever. The question is, how do you tell the difference?
4 min readJonathon Morgan on the data of extremism, exploratory visualization, and modeling complex human behaviors
Total militia group FB comments responding to Trumps “election is rigged” claims, by state. Get the data Much of the data Jonathon Morgan looks at these days is not for the faint of heart. Armed militias, delusional belief in a rigged election, white nationalism,...
2 min read30 Years of SQL
Perhaps hard to believe, but SQL is celebrating it’s 30th birthday! Top Gun, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Legend of Zelda, and Structured Query Language (or SQL)—were all released in 1986. What a year… So, what better way to celebrate than to enable SQL querying in...
4 min readHelping ordinary Americans solve tough problems with the Opportunity Project
My parents are immigrants. Both are doctors. American dream achieved, right? There’s more. Both of my siblings grew up to be doctors, too. At this point, it’s like we’re writing a patriotic PSA. I’m not a doctor, so I’ve never been entirely sure what role my...
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2 min readSPARQL Tutorial
tldr; Check our awesome SPARQL Tutorial! Do you know SPARQL? No? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. As a matter of fact, there’s a pretty good possibility that you’ve never even heard of SPARQL. Let’s see what Google says… SPARQL (pronounced “sparkle”, a recursive...
6 min readOpen data’s unsung heroes, evolving private sector appeal, ecosystem challenges — an interview with…
In a movement like open data, animated by the passion and skills of people who work tirelessly towards worthy ends, we are grateful that some of them — somehow — find the time to share what they think, and not just what they build. Leigh Dodds’s writing is candid,...
2 min readNew feature: Topical dataset discussions
You may have noticed a few changes to the discussions feature on the data.world dataset pages. During the course of our research and user interviews, discussion, documentation, and commentary about data were identified as valuable context that get lost or locked...
2 min readHow a fictional data scientist helped us deliver on a massive opportunity
I read the email three times to make sure it meant what I thought it meant. It was an unsolicited invitation to contribute a guest post to KDnuggets, one of the most popular data science blogs in the world. The editors had read about data.world, and wanted us to...
2 min read“Oooh, I can help with that!” What contribution means in data work
Collaboration and contribution are two of the most discussed concepts inside the data.world product team, and consequently the areas we’ve focused on the most in our user testing. A platform centered around user generated or contributed data needs to have a tight...
1 min readOrganizations on data.world
One of the most important factors in the success of a platform like data.world is what we call “data liquidity”. Central to our vision for data.world is to become the first stop to answer the question: “I wonder if there is a dataset about _________?”. The social...
1 min readNotebook Previews
One thing users have expressed repeatedly in our conversations is that data is more than facts and figures—it’s about telling a story. Tables and graphs are only interesting if they build to actionable insights. These stories are increasingly being created in...
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