Buzzdata - Initial Thoughts

I've been tracking BuzzData for a while (see posts on data engines). It is now open for business. Firstly, what is BuzzData? Functionally, it supports the following features: creating identity: a user has a profile, etc. with all the normal...

BuzzData - Initial Thoughts

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You're the Boss: Further Thoughts on Health Insurance

What about the unemployed and their dependents? I think we would have a more dynamic labor market if health care were decoupled from employment, and employers would be better off if they didn’t have the administrative and cash-flow burden. And once people started paying for their health care themselves, you’d see more attention paid to bad behavior and more political pressure for the government to reign in costs.

You're the Boss: Further Thoughts on Health Insurance

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Data Diligence: More Thoughts on Google Books' Ngrams

Since my earlier post on the new trending tool provided by Google Books, I've been thinking more about the service. While I've found plenty of interesting trends (more of which later), I've also been considering the underlying data and interface.Many of these considerations are common to any trending or other data probing interface (such as BlogPulse).

Data Diligence: More Thoughts on Google Books' Ngrams

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