[Developers] Spreadsheet loader

Kurt Bollacker kurt at spaceship.com
Wed Aug 12 00:00:21 UTC 2009


On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:40:54PM -0700, Reilly Hayes wrote:
> 
> How about "Griddle", "FreeGrid", "LatticeRunner", "GridRunner", or  
> "Sorcerer"

A nice theme. How about "DataGriddle"?  Servin' up fresh Freebase goodness every day!

								Kurt :-)



 
> -r
> 
> 
> On Aug 7, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> 
> >Shawn Simister wrote:
> >>+1 for Freeloader
> >>
> >>I don't think we have to be ashamed of the fact that Freebase  
> >>benefits
> >>immensely from other people's work. Namely the Wikipedia community,  
> >>but
> >>also MusicBrainz, Imdb etc. That's just how the web of data works.
> >
> >Strongly -1 about Freeloader, it has way too many negative  
> >connotations.
> >
> >My internal suggestion has been Cupid, as in 'finding/blessing
> >relationships between data', short and easy to remember (also  
> >because of
> >the intended pun).
> >
> >>Shawn
> >>
> >>David Huynh wrote:
> >>>I kinda like Freeloader :-) Is there a reason to be delicate after
> >>>having already accepted "Freebase"?
> >>>
> >>>David
> >>>
> >>>Robert Cook wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hey - I created a "freebase application" topic for the new
> >>>>"Spreadsheet Loader" power tool.  This includes links to  
> >>>>documentation
> >>>>(in an initial raw state), a link to the Jira bug list and a  
> >>>>discussion.
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000df257ed
> >>>>
> >>>>The discussion is here:
> >>>>http://www.freebase.com/discuss/threads/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000df257ed
> >>>>
> >>>>If you want to be notified of activity in the discussion, click  
> >>>>on the
> >>>>star in the upper-right corner (which, to be sure, feels more  
> >>>>like a
> >>>>Japanese puzzle box than good UI.)
> >>>>
> >>>>I will give a special prize to anyone who can come up with a good
> >>>>name.  Without a doubt would be easy to improve on the current one.
> >>>>
> >>>>Names I have suggested, but have been rejected by delicate people,
> >>>>include:
> >>>>- Data Pusher
> >>>>- Freeloader
> >>>>
> >>>>R
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >Stefano Mazzocchi                              Application Catalyst
> >Metaweb Technologies, Inc.                      stefano at metaweb.com
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