Category Archives: news

Free community accounts on the ScraperWiki Beta

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

We’ve been teasing and tempting you with blog posts about the first few tools on the new ScraperWiki Beta for a while now. It’s time to let you try them out first-hand. As of right now, the new ScraperWiki Beta … Continue reading →

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Hi, I’m Paul

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Hi! I’m the latest member of ScraperWiki, joining the Data Science team this week. Data Science is a fascinating new direction for me, being “officially” an Electronic Engineer. I’ve spent the last couple of years in a large company hammering … Continue reading →

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A visit from a minister

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

You may have heard from twitter that last Wednesday, Nick Hurd, the Cabinet Minister for Civil Society, paid a visit to ScraperWiki HQ. Nick has been looking into government data and transparency as part of his remit, and asked if … Continue reading →

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I am Ian, Ian I am*

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

I have an 8 year itch: I spent the first 8 years of my career as an academic ending up a lecturer in physics at UMIST. Then I was a research scientist at a large “fast moving consumer goods” company … Continue reading →

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How do? I’m Zach.

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

So, a few years ago, I tended to spend my working time explaining emerging tech ideas (generally around Linked Data, Open Data, and APIs) for a UK-based Semantic Web company called Talis. I helped people tell stories, edited an industry … Continue reading →

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What has Europe ever done for us?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Hmm… 2.8 million euros, a ‘history recorder’, and the opportunity to have a full on working relationship with VU Amsterdam Uni, Lexis Nexis, plus with some brilliant bods in Trento and San Sebastien  (Happy Christmas!) It’s official!  We have become … Continue reading →

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ScraperWiki scrapers: now 53% more useful!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

It’s Christmas come early at ScraperWiki HQ as we deliver—like elves popping boxes under the data digging Christmas tree—a bunch of great new improvements to the ScraperWiki site. We’ve been working on these for a while, so it’s great to … Continue reading →

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ScraperWiki goes on the Records at The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Here at ScraperWiki, we’ve got a good eye for data. Not just structuring, formatting and quality, but also where data can tell stories (hence the addition of views to the site). The decision to put a scraper of the Texas … Continue reading →

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Cupcakes, Conversation (of the business kind) and a Couple of ScraperWikians*

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Scraping the web, liberating data, caging ‘The Julian’, it’s a thankless task so here at ScraperWiki we have a reward scheme existing of cupcakes (yes, we are a start up). So where better to have a business lunch with the local … Continue reading →

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ScraperWiki Downtime

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

In order to allow for essential maintenance (our diggers been digging the web for so long it’s in dire need of an MOT!) we’re going to have to take the ScraperWiki website down for a short amount of time on … Continue reading →

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