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I read your blog and discovered ScraperWiki through it (thanks!) so it makes a lot of sense that you're primarily focusing on structured and re-usable data. Wo

I read your blog and discovered ScraperWiki through it (thanks!) so it makes a lot of sense that you're primarily focusing on structured and re-usable data. Would love to see some big picture blog post on the web data gathering and transformation eco system, e.g. how all the different tools/services - scrapers, rss, FreeBase, Yahoo Pipes, InfoChimps, etc - can be used in real business cases. Right now there seems to be a rich rhizome growing but the big picture issues are hidden beneath the soil.

peteforde 15y ago
You're speaking to where we want to see all of this go. There's no easy answers, but you might want to check out: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/flightcaster-flight-delay/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/flightcaster-flight-delay/ http://eaves.ca/2011/03/07/launching-an-open-data-business-recollect-net-vantrash-2-0/ http://eaves.ca/2011/03/07/launching-an-open-data-business-r... http://measuringmeasures.com/blog/2010/7/2/research-driven-startups.html http://measuringmeasures.com/blog/2010/7/2/research-driven-s... I have also ordered Sarah Lacy's new book, about info entrepreneurs in the developing world: http://www.amazon.ca/Brilliant-Crazy-Cocky-Entrepreneurs-Profit/dp/0470580097/ http://www.amazon.ca/Brilliant-Crazy-Cocky-Entrepreneurs-Pro...