Let’s dive into the first common challenge in data acquisition projects: Setup. You can find the previous post in this series here. How do you get value from web data? What does the end to end process look like? What questions should you be asking? To reiterate the context, the use case that I’m covering…
Let’s talk about the six common challenges I see people face in data acquisition projects. Setup Banning Scaling Maintaining Cost Quality (of service and/or of data) Before diving in, the definition and scope of “data acquisition project” here is when the data you need exists on a website / other HTTP-accessible resources. This type of…
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I use social media to 1) people watch, 2) maintain some relevance, and 3) share things that made my day better and things I find interesting. I am fascinated by your lives and how the world runs. I either watch (& interrogate you :p), or to know that you appreciate the stuff i share here,…