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Use APIs to do market research
July 30 2009
Basic product attribute questions (what's the best price, size, length, etc) are crucial elements in any product or marketing strategy, but it's often too difficult or expensive to get timely market information. However, a quick script that pulls data from a relevant website's API can often give you an answer… read moreVisualizing the U.S. Senate Social Graph, 1991 - 2009 [Part 1]
May 05 2009
Arlen Specter's party switch was big news, but a quick visualization technique shows it was a long time coming. What other surprises might lurk in the Senate Social graph? read moreSimplify business research with Google Ajax Search API
April 13 2009
Business research usually starts with a list -- brands, competitors, people, products, whatever. This post describes a quick Python script that uses the Google Search API to automate the routine parts of the task, giving you more time to analyze and understand the results. read moreVisualization of Interests at Web 2.0 Summit
November 05 2008
To help make the most of this week's Web 2.0 Summit, I wanted to understand the overall audience gestalt - what are the broad themes, interests, and ideas that are important to the people going to the conference? A tag cloud can be a great (but admittedly imperfect!) way to… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts