Matt McAlister posts about EVDB, the Events and Venues Database.
A couple of interesting snippets:
So, Brian's answer to that is basically verticalizing data. The data in his system is all about events and only about events. Just as the data in flickr is all about photos. So, you can start imagining a world where del.icio.us, flickr, evdb and all these open systems with common data formats are connected to create context. Add similar data from airlines, hotels, and restaurants and you suddenly have a very powerful discovery tool for travelers.
One of the keys for the next-generation of apps that use data from these services is going to be putting it into some sort of context. While you can do many things with the services individually, putting them together and bubbling up that data in a format users can deal with, will be even more powerful.
I'm guessing that between Engadget and Gizmodo and all the other CE enthusiasts in the world that with the right incentive you could get pretty close to the same data and even add more important data, such as what people think of the products.
Wasn't that Epinions? Perhaps they were just ahead of their time.
Posted by Josh at August 16, 2005 07:26 AM | TrackBack