{"id":1265,"date":"2011-05-09T01:11:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T01:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2011-05-08T21:12:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T21:12:08","slug":"datas-killer-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/09\/datas-killer-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Data’s killer app"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the topic of the recent app post<\/a>, I’ve been thinking about an old blog post from Peter Keane<\/a>. The of his post is, “What is Data\u2019s Killer App?” In it, he pondered the problem of data management.<\/p>\n

After a not entirely apt analogy to HTML, Keane suggested that there is no killer app coming. Instead, “our solution will likely be a set of protocols, formats, and practices all of which will enable the creation of end-user applications that can ‘hide the plumbing.'” I think that’s a valuable insight and I submit that it already exists<\/em>. Moreover, people are already migrating to it. Just not in any organized way.<\/p>\n

I suggest that this is a minimal skeleton for data and lab management upon which most comprehensive solutions can be built:<\/p>\n

  • For protocols and other miscellaneous information: a lab wiki<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Primary data should be stored in, or referenced by, XML files<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Standard collaborative tools<\/strong> should be used where appropriate. E.g., Google Docs, MS Office, Zoho, Buzzword, etc.<\/li>\n
  • Standard databases tools<\/strong> should be used for organization of stereotyped datasets. That means mySQL-based tools like dbForge, or Filemaker, or the like. Excel is not a database.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On the topic of the recent app post<\/a>, I’ve been thinking about an old blog post from Peter Keane<\/a>. The of his post is, “What is Data\u2019s Killer App?” In it, he pondered the problem of data management.<\/p>\n

    After a not entirely apt analogy to HTML, Keane suggested that there is no killer app…<\/p>\n

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