Giant Piles of Data. Just in Time for Christmas

Dec
11
2006
Photo: Ashley Jonathan Clements

Google and tons of other sites have made finding individual facts easy. The name of that actor in the movie you're watching. The one you swear you've seen before, is just a click away. The cost of a loaf of bread in 1932. The average rainfall for Boise in August.

Trivia and individual facts have never been so close to our fingertips. And, for someone who gets seriously geeked out by data, that's been great. However, there's long been a gap in the availability of data. It's the big *sets* of data. The kind that you can really dig through and analyze.

Enter Swivel. It's just getting started, but it's the sets of data I've always wanted (and lots I didn't even know I might want). As this ramps up, I'm really looking forward to seeing what other kinds of data they get into this thing.

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J

One Response to “Giant Piles of Data. Just in Time for Christmas”

  1. Brian Mulloy Says:
    December 12th, 2006 at 2:39 am

    Thanks for posting about Swivel. We're piling up the tasty goodies as I write!

    Brian Mulloy
    CEO & Cofounder
    http://www.swivel.com

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