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The ecosystem of business and social data. Toby Segaran, Freebase. http://kiwitobes.com/ecosystem. Why data?. Communities form around things. Ok, then, how?. Buy it. Steal it. Get it from users. Find it free!. A story. “The company are polluters”. “I heard they support Republicans”.
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The ecosystem of business and social data Toby Segaran, Freebase http://kiwitobes.com/ecosystem
Why data? Communities form around things
Ok, then, how? Buy it Steal it Get it from users Find it free!
A story... “The company are polluters” “I heard they support Republicans” “That stuff is bad for you” “I think the CEO works with Rumsfeld” So am I allowed to buy anything?
My purchase ? made by bought at Who makes Mountain Dew?
Trademark search http://uspto.gov
Trademark search Pepsico!
Some other codes Also, 02.01.33 “Grotesque Men”
For the low price... Historical and daily updates
Two companies What can we learn about the companies?
EDGAR Industry, Address, and SEC Filings
Beverage Companies http://kiwitobes.com/industry_mashup
EDGAR SEC 14(a)
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Back to my MD Dina Dublon Victor J. Dzau Ray L. Hunt David Glass James Breyer M. Michele Burns $48.8 billion $397.4 billion Purchase, NY Bentonville, AR Board members, location, revenue
Next up, politics http://opensecrets.org
And a plug... http://freebase.com/view/en/pepsico
“Variety Stores” Big box stores like Republicans!
The plot thickens... Dick Lugar (R-IN) Danny K. Davis (D-IL) Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Susan Collins (R-ME) Dina Dublon Victor J. Dzau Ray L. Hunt David Glass James Breyer M. Michele Burns $48.8 billion $397.4 billion Purchase, NY Bentonville, AR Let’s look at pollution...
Emissions Facilities in NY and AR
EPA Data Note that the CO2 output isn’t much more than one car. The NOx output, however, is higher Number of “short tons” (2000lbs)
Also downloadable http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiinformation.html
Starting to get messy Dick Lugar (R-IN) Danny K. Davis (D-IL) Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Susan Collins (R-ME) 11000lbs CO2 5000lbs NOx Dina Dublon Victor J. Dzau Ray L. Hunt David Glass James Breyer M. Michele Burns $48.8 billion $397.4 billion Purchase, NY Bentonville, AR What about the actual beverage?
Nutritional data Sadly, EXE files only, self decompressing http://ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=17032
Food search tool 199.133.10.140/codesearchwebapp/codesearch.aspx
Lots of data... Sugar, calcium, alcohol and 20 kinds of fat
It’s amazing... the things you find in government databases
A bigger picture Dick Lugar (R-IN) Danny K. Davis (D-IL) Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Susan Collins (R-ME) 11000lbs CO2 5000lbs NOx Dina Dublon Victor J. Dzau Ray L. Hunt David Glass James Breyer M. Michele Burns 200 calories 50g sugar 00g fat $48.8 billion $397.4 billion Purchase, NY Bentonville, AR Let’s take this even further...
I heart What’s Purchase, NY like? Is it close to New York city? What restaurants are in New York?
US Census Bureau Lots and lots of files
Westchester county Data to cater to anyone’s tastes
US GNIS http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
US GNIS Maps names to geolocations
Distance to NYC Purchase, NY 41.04, -73.71 22.9 miles Manhattan, NY 40.77, -73.97 As the crow flies, or you could try TIGER/Line
NYC Health Dept. Over 22,000 venues!
A sketchiness map Perhaps you’d like to do the New York one?
The ecosystem 8 databases - really just a microcosm
It’s better with data Your site will be better You need to get it somewhere There’s lots free stuff There’s lots of hidden potential
Questions? toby@segaran.com http://kiwitobes.com/ecosystem
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