Datamob: blog

We Feel Fine API

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:13:03 -0500

We Feel Fine is a data collection engine that scours the internet every ten minutes, harvesting and identifying expressions of human feelings from a large number of blogs. 15,000 to 20,000 feelings are identified and saved per day. You can use the We Feel Fine API to access this data. Optional parameters include feeling, gender, weather conditions and country. By Sep Kamvar and Jonathan Harris.

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike license.

url: http://www.wefeelfine.org/api.html

Open311

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:18:48 -0500

Website aimed at facilitating an international effort to build open interoperable systems that allow citizens to more directly interact with their cities. Run by the Open Planning Project.

url: http://open311.org/

MapTogether

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:39:15 -0500

The MapTogether project provides free map-related training and tools for community and nonprofit groups around the world. Their resources include software, datasets, online mapping services, documentation, and training resources.

url: http://maptogether.org/

Information is Beautiful

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:56:24 -0500

Blog by David McCandless which regularly features original data visualizations and associated source data.

url: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Open Blog

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:45:31 -0500

A blog about open-source technology at The New York Times, written by and for developers.

url: http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/

Flowing Data

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:30:18 -0400

Blog that explores how statisticians, designers, computer scientists and others are using data to help us understand more about ourselves and our surroundings.

url: http://flowingdata.com/