Comments on: Test Drive: Freebase Gridworks 1.1 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/06/06/freebase-gridworks-1-1/ DATA. JOURNALISM. LIFE. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthonyhttp://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/06/06/freebase-gridworks-1-1/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Anthony Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=660#comment-522 For me, it would be useful in specific cases -- particularly when I have a new data set that I want to explore and clean quickly. I do a lot of that now using SQL off a server, and this might save some steps.I see a more frequent use case with colleagues who don't use SQL or any database manager regularly. I could set up a reporter or editor with Gridworks and turn them loose on a data set with just a little training. That's where it would be very, very handy! For me, it would be useful in specific cases — particularly when I have a new data set that I want to explore and clean quickly. I do a lot of that now using SQL off a server, and this might save some steps.

I see a more frequent use case with colleagues who don’t use SQL or any database manager regularly. I could set up a reporter or editor with Gridworks and turn them loose on a data set with just a little training. That’s where it would be very, very handy!

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]]> By: Benhttp://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/06/06/freebase-gridworks-1-1/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Ben Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:47:06 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=660#comment-520 Do you see yourself using it now in the day to day? Do you see yourself using it now in the day to day?

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