Fwd: KDMC Presents freeDive

[Bill Lascher]

I haven't played with this yet, but I suspect some of you might find this fun. 

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From: "KDMC at UC Berkeley" <KDMC_at_U...@mail.vresp.com>
Date: February 8, 2012 5:33:06 PM PST
To: bi...@lascheratlarge.com
Subject: KDMC Presents freeDive
Reply-To: "KDMC at UC Berkeley" <reply-ad51428186...@u.cts.vresp.com>

Hello,

 

The KDMC announces the launch of freeDive, a free searchable database tool for the Web.

 

Imagine you have a spreadsheet of campaign contributions or crime statistics that you want to share. freeDive offers users powerful tools to search and play with that data. 

 

For years, you had to know how to program or pay a service to build searchable databases. You shouldn't have to do that. We opened freeDive so you can build the kind of interactive data stories that readers want. 

 

We started work on freeDive in October, so it's still very young. It has been stable in testing yet we recognize there are several design and user interface issues that need to be addressed. As you work with this Alpha version we hope you'll provide feedback and help us shape freeDive's development.  Please let us know of your experiences.

 

freeDive works in modern browsers (including Chrome, Firefox, IE 8, IE 9) on Windows and OS X but occasionally breaks in Internet Explorer 7.

 

Please share this with your colleagues.

 

Cheers,

 

Len De Groot

Interactive Design & Data Instructor

Knight Digital Media Center

510.224.4739
http://kdmc.berkeley.edu/

twitter: KDMCinfo

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[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Let me know if it's useful. I saw this go by on the NICAR-L list when it was announced but I haven't had a chance to play with it either.

Speaking of data journalism tools, I'm getting close to a "release" of my "users' manual" for the Data Journalism Developer Studio. I know everything works on Windows and Linux, but I don't have a Mac and don't plan to buy one. So if anyone has a Mac and wants to test out this stuff, let me know.

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