viandante
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Comment · 14 years ago
Yes, an RDF format looks like a good solution. It appears that RDF is quite supported in python and that it also abstracts away persistance (http://readthedocs.org/docs/rdflib/en/latest/persistence.htm...) in a way. I ll look into that, thanks.
If you like the basecamp idea for analytics, I am kfk on github, I am doing some demos to get an idea.
Comment · 14 years ago
From a business perspective (and believe it, it hurts me saying that), this discussion makes no sense. It's like saying: 'are we in a PMIs bubble'? Or, 'are we in a multinationals bubble?'. The point is that we tend to group things together in categories. But does it make sense to put, say, Facebook and, say, MakeLeaps (start up that manages invoices for small businesses) in the same category? It think it does not, as much as it does not make sense to put Apple and Mc Donald in the same pot. Would you say Apple and Mc Donald are in a multinationals bubble?
However, those discussions do show something, that there is an underlying need to understand the market and the businesses out there. More start ups focused on BtoB I think are needed. Corporate and business software sucks and costs a lot in terms of actual cost and lost efficiency, when are people going to realize that and work on that too?
Comment · 14 years ago
Well, let's say that now that he saves 25k for the maid, he hires a gardner. GDP 225 again? So basically the GDP depends on the number of transactions? Is that so?
Comment · 14 years ago
Agree. But usually business rules and exceptions boil down to filters and look ups on the dataset. It is difficult to keep up with that mess from outside, but if you deliver a way to make look ups and filters efficiently, maybe you got a solution.
Comment · 14 years ago
Well, at work I use Cognos. But it is clumsy and it forces you in its paradigms. Instead, when I dream or code (I am learning to code, I am a finance guy), I am making demos for things that should provide a better way to explore your data: http://andemo.ep.io/.
Basically, my issue with corporate analytics is that there are no apis. Everything has to be accessed from its software. SAP data stays in SAP or goes in some 90' data warehause system.
Another issue is that data is stored in multiple versions in different files across many users locations (Excel files madness). This drives people nuts and I can't understand why don't we already have a BaseCamp for finance and analytics.
A third issue is that people are mixing data and views. This makes usually data in, i.e. in spreadsheets, completelly unuseful for other analysis, you basically have to copy and paste data from the fancy templates to a clean file to use it. Views should be web based too, not to enter the 'update this file periodically manually' hell.
Once you have apis, it's a matter of building apps to consume them and eventually to make snapshots of your data (you don't want to recalculate monthly billings at every page request). Your specific need, for example, could be solved with a fancy web based pivot table (the sort you have in spreadsheets) that accesses json data...
So, finally, if you find or start an interesing project of this type, let me know as I am interested to join!
Comment · 14 years ago
Again, in the first case the man is simply spending the 25k on the maid. In the second case he will spend the 25k in something else. That something else will then spend the 25k as the maid would have done. No change.
Comment · 14 years ago
Let's say the man invests all his money in a socks business. In the first case his socks business will demand 25k less. The maid will demand 25k more. I still see effect 0. I think the problem is people are not considering savings in the equation...
Comment · 14 years ago
You are assuming that investments don't bring spending. But that is wrong. If the maid does not get the 25, a company, a bank, a fund, will get it (as savings=investments). This means the 25 will flow in the economy in both cases.
Comment · 14 years ago
Please, don't just downvote. Do tell me where the +25 are coming from in the first case instead. It would something more productive to do.
Comment · 14 years ago
The equation is Y=C+I+G.
In the first case he has 175 of investments (I) and 25 of consume (C).
In the second case he has 200 of investments.
If some of the downvoters can please explain in those terms where I am wrong, it would be nice. Please, show me where the +25 come from in the 1st case.
Comment · 14 years ago
Are you sure of this example? It does look like GDP is 200k in both cases. The first case looks wrong, if he pulls 25k from his savings, there will be -25k in savings (or investments as they are the same) and +25k in spendings. Effect is 0...
Comment · 14 years ago
To me your arguments seems to be sound. What is 'scary' is seeing some prices out there. They are very low. I was looking at mixpanel pricing (https://mixpanel.com/pricing/) lately. A game changer should be able to provide more than those fees per month. Especially in the analytics sector that needs solutions like crazy. I mean, a decent consultant makes 1 k per day at least, why? Are start ups asking themselves about the value they provide or they want just to hit it big: become valuable only because serving millions of people?
Comment · 14 years ago
A link to some of those hacks?
Comment · 14 years ago
Graphs is for business
Agree on this. Especially the shiny and good looking ones. For a technical crowd you can stick with a black line. For business the format is as important as the substance. Therefore, I can't see lots of applications for graphs libraries that don't support that piece of work that is IE.
Comment · 14 years ago
This looks good, what about the non standard browsers (IE<9, what did you think?)? I have been looking into d3 a lot lately, but if there is no good support for IE, then no way this can be used for business apps.