[AccessD] Northwinds Isn't "cutting it"

Benson, William (GE Global Research, consultant) Benson at ge.com
Thu Jan 12 20:36:35 CST 2012


Other than pausing certain scenes while "MoneyBall" is playing on my DVD player.
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Any sources?

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
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Weather?  Sports scores such as golf or football?  Stock prices?
Combinations of all of those?

GK

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Benson, William (GE Global Research,
consultant) <Benson at ge.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
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