Why do it?
Mar. 1st, 2011 12:30 pmI have been thinking about the bigger picture.
We live in a strange and mysterious world. I have many questions about our world.
We live in a fantastic time. Today we have data available in stupendous quantities. I want to use this data to answer some of my many questions about the world around me.
Along the way, I enjoy helping other people answer their questions with their data.
It is a fascinating puzzle: To understand and communicate the questions, to organize the data that might turn into answers, to figure out the answers, to turn the answers into something we can communicate with others.
We live in a strange and mysterious world. I have many questions about our world.
We live in a fantastic time. Today we have data available in stupendous quantities. I want to use this data to answer some of my many questions about the world around me.
Along the way, I enjoy helping other people answer their questions with their data.
It is a fascinating puzzle: To understand and communicate the questions, to organize the data that might turn into answers, to figure out the answers, to turn the answers into something we can communicate with others.