‘Data’ Archives
CSV List of SIC Codes
For those of you needing a comma separated list of SIC codes in a csv file, here you go! (more...)
OpenAPIMasher Spec
There's got to be a way to easily mash data from an API with an external list without too much programming. This video explains an idea for a product called OpenAPIMasher, which allows a user to mash a CSV file with data from an API. It uses a client-side HTML5 database for confidentiality. And to make the application more secure, it deletes that [...]
B2B Marketing Blunder #2
A stock & custom promotional display catalog arrives in David's mailbox. But, David's in interactive advertising and will never need to buy those products. They could have figured that out by crawling engeljournal.com, which they already had on file. Now, David will have to discard that catalog. It's sad to see a tree die in vain.
B2B Marketing Blunder #1
I've decided to start compiling all the stupid mistakes that B2B marketers/sales people make because of bad data. Here's #1:
News from the Tree
As always, things are swinging at the Tree. We're about to release some super cool APIs, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out our new logo:
List of 5,000 Random Domains
Here is a list of 5,000 random domains. You can use this if you're doing any sort of research where you need a random sample of domains. At this time, there are approximately 119,832,805 domains with extensions on in this list ("the population"). If I calculated the margin of error ("confidence interval") correctly, this sample size represents a [...]
CSV List of NAICS Codes
For those of you needing a comma separated list of 2002 NAICS codes in a text (.txt) file, here you go! (more...)
List of 397 Venture Capital Firms
As part of our ongoing research, we compiled a list of Venture Capital (or VC) Firms. You can download a .csv version of this list or copy and paste from the table below. (more...)
David on Intelligence
David shares his views on intelligence. "Intelligence is two things... maybe three. 1 = having knowledge (data points or dots); 2 = connecting the dots; 3 = learning (getting more dots)."
Screen shots for 118 mobile websites
Below are screen shots for a list of 118 web retailers with mobile websites. Creative professionals learning how to design for smart phones should study these screen shots to gauge what works / doesn't work on a smart phone. (more...)