History of the Info: Part II

Nick DucoffCEO and Co-Founder, Infochimps

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1930s – Computation theory (Turing)1940s – Information theory (Shannon)1950s – Computer languages (1GL,2GL,3GL)1960s – Standardized metadata (Avram)1970s – Relational databases (IBM)1980s – WWW (Al Gore )

1990s – Internet archive (Kahle)

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Commercialdata sources

Name ZIP Average Rent

Walter Cureton 78701 $400-$599

Ivy Caldwell 94103 >$1500

Regina Wootton 10027 $1000-$1499

Name Address City ZIP

Brian James 901 Red River Austin 78701

Terri Becraft 262 7th St. San Francisco 94103

Paz Brummit 603 W. 114th St. New York 10027

Name Address Normalized Address

Cecil Bartz 901 red river austin texas901 Red River, Austin, TX 78701

Genaro Luz 702 w. 32nd st austin702 W. 32nd St., Austin, TX 78705

Ruth Brown 114th + broadway, nycW. 114th St. & Broadway, New York, NY 10027

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