Graphwise: Great Idea, But Needs Work?

Graphwise is BI 2.0 entrant similar to Swivel and ManyEyes, but with a twist. You enter a search term, and the site scours the web for content that contains tables linked to those terms, then proposes charts based on the data in those tables. It’s a great idea, and there’s surely a great future for this technology. But there are currently some issues with relevance — e.g. I put in the search term “productivity”,... [Read More...]

Swivel.com: Flickr for Data Lovers?

After ManyEyes, Swivel is another site that another site that lets users upload and share information. It’s more explicitly modeled after Flickr and other web 2.0 sites, with community building and “fun statistics” (highlights today include chart showing number of people attending the burning man festival and the nationality of cyclists in the 2007 Tour of California). Post hoc ergo propter hoc The site illustrates one of my... [Read More...]