We can strengthen data infrastructure by analysing open data

Data is infrastructure for our society and businesses. To create stronger, sustainable data infrastructure that supports a variety of users and uses, we need to build it in a principled way. Over time, as we gain experience with a variety of infrastructures supporting both shared and open data, we can identify the common elements of … Continue reading We can strengthen data infrastructure by analysing open data →

Discogs: a business based on public domain data

When I'm discussing business models around open data I regularly refer to a few different examples. Not all of these have well developed case studies, so I thought I'd start trying to capture them here. In this first write-up I'm going to look at Discogs. In an attempt to explore a few different aspects of the service … Continue reading Discogs: a business based on public domain data →

Data marketplaces, we hardly knew ye

I'm on a panel at the ODI lunchtime lecture this week, where I'm hoping to help answer the question of "what does a good data market look like?". As many of you know I was previously the product manager/lead for a data marketplace called Kasabi. That meant that I spent quite a bit of time … Continue reading Data marketplaces, we hardly knew ye →