We want to help make finding and combining datasets so easy that data mashups combining dozens or hundreds of different datasets become straightforward. We're not there yet, but we're intent on being part of the ecosystem that will make this possible.

As a way of eating our own dogfood -- and since finding beauty in rich information is what gets us out of bed each morning -- we're going to post the occasional exploration of what falls out when you take diverse datasets from infochimps.org and elsewhere and smash them together.

Geography of Newspaper Endorsements for the 2008 US Presidential Election

Explore the distribution of newspapers endorsing candidates in the 2008 elections, with some insights into why many percieve Mainstream Media bias, and why so many of the largest conservative papers are from highly liberal areas of the country.

-- visualization | blog post --

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US Government Bailout Timeline

What concomitant features have been in place when major market failures necessitated US government bailouts?
You get to choose which color to blame.
-- download image --

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Oh, That New Car Smell!

For a computational finance class -- publicly available data on car ownership & maintenance costs give an optimal car-buying strategy.
-- download PDF or download Illustrator (.ai) original --