Benson, William (GE Global Research, consultant)
Benson at ge.com
Thu Jan 12 19:03:15 CST 2012
Hi I am looking for some interesting (non-proprietary) data to demonstrate an add-in I built, which is designed to reorder / rename / Reduce data columns, as well as filter data. I am trying to prepare some demos, but I do not have any interesting source data. Most of the data I do have, belongs to a client (I am not going there!). The demo should inspire an audience to want to tackle their own data sets with gusto - but if the data is boring, I feel my tool will be guilty of being boring (by association). I suppose it is hard to think what would satisfy a large audience. Customers / Orders = boring (IMHO). Box Office Data might be more interesting. Music Hit Parade data going back to antiquity could interest some audiophiles, but not many other types. I wish my brain were not in lock-down, but I can't think of interesting data themes which one can find relatively cheaply. TIA for any suggestions.