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Visualizing Stackoverflow's data dump

This post reveals the relationships among the top topics on stackoverflow by visualizing their monthly data dump.

Use APIs to do market research

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 that's good enough. This post provides a few techniques for using this powerful new resource for market research.

Visualizing the U.S. Senate Social Graph, 1991 - 2009 [Part 1]

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?

Simplify business research with Google Ajax Search API

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.