http://www.begemann.org/techcrunch50-day-2/ The personal homepage of Jens Begemann Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.begemann.org/techcrunch50-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Ole Begemann Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:28:32 +0000 http://www.begemann.org/?p=108#comment-14 Update: actually, Google released its Viaulization API in March 2008: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/ Update: actually, Google released its Viaulization API in March 2008: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/

]]> http://www.begemann.org/techcrunch50-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ole Begemann Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:48:07 +0000 http://www.begemann.org/?p=108#comment-12 I love the iCharts idea. Sure, the business model is doubtful (just as YouTube's) but I think its potential is huge. If executed well, millions of bloggers would love to use it, it would be a great tool for all kinds of mashups (imagine live-updating charts feeding on web services data) and a wonderful addition to Wikipedia. The company that owns this space really has the potential to capture very valuable data in its community. For this reason, I expect Google to be very interested in this area, too. (In fact, Google acquired the great http://gapminder.org/ Trendalyzer software in 2007 and so far, they haven't taken it anywhere AFAIK.) I love the iCharts idea. Sure, the business model is doubtful (just as YouTube’s) but I think its potential is huge. If executed well, millions of bloggers would love to use it, it would be a great tool for all kinds of mashups (imagine live-updating charts feeding on web services data) and a wonderful addition to Wikipedia. The company that owns this space really has the potential to capture very valuable data in its community. For this reason, I expect Google to be very interested in this area, too. (In fact, Google acquired the great http://gapminder.org/ Trendalyzer software in 2007 and so far, they haven’t taken it anywhere AFAIK.)

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