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Q: how many data questions are reasonable

Following on from this meta question: How to handle questions about data? I'd like to ask how many questions requesting sources of data do we consider to be acceptable? We've had one general question already, that's been thoroughly answered: What are the most useful sources of economics data?

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Stack Overflow Blog: The Best of Blog Overflow: November 2011

Posted by Aarthi Devanathan on December 2nd, 2011

Ah, it’s that time again — time to recap the best posts from this past month on our BlogOverflow sites. The last time we did this, we featured some really cool posts from all over. This past month, we had even more really awesome posts. We didn’t have over 9000 of them (though one can dream) but still. Lots.

Geographic Informaiton Systems

I unabashedly called out GIS in the last post, and GIS totally rose to the challenge. Or maybe they just had an entry in the wings. Either way, their entry, It’s all about the data was a thought-provoking entry whose value goes well beyond mapmaking, with a message that programmers and UX designers and even DIYers can appreciate. …

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Q: How do we promote the site?

I believe we have some compelling content and are learning how to build the site. I think it is a good time to start promoting the site to the wider business and economics community. Not sure what anyone's background here is but, if you happen to have contacts in the financial press (The Econom...