toby segaran, freebase the ecosystem of business and social data
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Toby Segaran, Freebase
The ecosystem ofbusiness and social data
http://kiwitobes.com/ecosystem
Communities form around things
Why data?
Ok, then, how?
Find it free!
Get it from users
Buy it
Steal it
A story...
So am I allowed to buy anything?
“That stuff is bad for you”
“The company
are polluters”
“I heard they support
Republicans”
“I think the CEO works with Rumsfeld”
Who makes Mountain Dew?
My purchase
bought atmade by?
Pepsico!
Trademark search
Also, 02.01.33 “Grotesque Men”
Some other codes
Historical and daily updates
For the low price...
What can we learn about the companies?
Two companies
Industry, Address, and SEC Filings
EDGAR
SEC 14(a)
EDGAR
Board members, location, revenue
Back to my MD
Dina DublonVictor J. DzauRay L. Hunt
$48.8 billion
Purchase, NY
David GlassJames BreyerM. Michele Burns
$397.4 billion
Bentonville, AR
Big box stores like Republicans!
“Variety Stores”
The plot thickens...
Let’s look at pollution...
Dina DublonVictor J. DzauRay L. Hunt
$48.8 billion
Purchase, NY
David GlassJames BreyerM. Michele Burns
$397.4 billion
Bentonville, AR
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)
Facilities in NY and AR
Emissions
Number of “short tons” (2000lbs)
EPA Data
Note that the CO2 output isn’t much more than one car.
The NOx output, however, is higher
Note that the CO2 output isn’t much more than one car.
The NOx output, however, is higher
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiinformation.html
Also downloadable
Starting to get messy
What about the actual beverage?
Dina DublonVictor J. DzauRay L. Hunt
$48.8 billion
Purchase, NY
David GlassJames BreyerM. Michele Burns
$397.4 billion
Bentonville, AR
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 CO25000lbs NOx
http://ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=17032
Nutritional dataSadly, EXE files only, self decompressingSadly, EXE files only, self decompressing
199.133.10.140/codesearchwebapp/codesearch.aspx
Food search tool
Sugar, calcium, alcohol and 20 kinds of fat
Lots of data...
the things you find in government databases
It’s amazing...
A bigger picture
Let’s take this even further...
Dina DublonVictor J. DzauRay L. Hunt
$48.8 billion
Purchase, NY
David GlassJames BreyerM. Michele Burns
$397.4 billion
Bentonville, AR
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 CO25000lbs NOx
200 calories50g sugar00g fat
What’s Purchase, NY like?
I heart
Is it close to New York city?
What restaurants are in New York?
Lots and lots of files
US Census Bureau
Data to cater to anyone’s tastes
Westchester county
Maps names to geolocations
US GNIS
As the crow flies, or you could try TIGER/Line
Distance to NYC
Purchase, NY41.04, -73.71
Manhattan, NY40.77, -73.97
22.9 miles
Over 22,000 venues!
NYC Health Dept.
Perhaps you’d like to do the New York one?
A sketchiness map
8 databases - really just a microcosm
The ecosystem
There’s lots of hidden potential
It’s better with dataYour site will be better
You need to get it somewhere
There’s lots free stuff
Transition Point
Master Slide