We all remember when we first fell in love with tabular data. For me it was the list of baseball batting averages of every major league player that was published in the Sunday newspaper. Still in church clothes, I’d commandeer the sports section and, donut in hand (the other Sunday indulgence), spend the next twenty-five […]
How much should citizens pay a county for a digital copy of property records and aerial photos? Sciotto County, Ohio says $2000. Actually it hired Woolpert to figure it out for them, and they said $2000. Which sounds a bit spendy, especially given that cities like Philadelphia and Denver give away the same type […]
The obituary appeared in the Wall Street Journal this week (ungated link). And the lead sentence is all you need to read: The use of open-source software is becoming more prevalent at big companies for reasons including ease of innovation and cutting the time to get products to market. Done. No mention of “free” […]