We’ve pushed through more changes to BuzzData, making it more versatile and vibrant than ever. Take a moment to sign in and see what’s new. Don’t have time right now? Here’s a quick rundown of our latest and greatest new features:

i. Upload any file type — yes, any file type — to BuzzData

Working with GIS or RDB data? Stuck with a PDF and need to request help scraping it? No problem. If it’s under 500MB, we’ll accept it. 

Previews of your data wiill still be limited to tabular data only (.xls, .csv, .tsv), but will be available for more formats in the future. 

ii. Annotate the latest changes to your data

BuzzData now prompts you to add release notes every time you update a new version to your data, so your team can easily keep track of how your data is evolving. Why email spreadsheets and lose track of your workflow? Drag, drop, annotate and invite. It’s just that easy.

iii. Use @username to direct your comments and replies

We all know how convenient @username tagging is for communicating with our friends online. Now you can ensure the right person gets your message the same way you would on Facebook or Twitter. 

And here’s more news from BuzzData:

Deadline for our latest data-storytelling contest is Dec. 2!

Can you spin stories out of data? Prove it! This month’s contest includes prison contraband data, U.S. election disbursement data and Canadian charity tax filing data. Who wouldn’t want to crunch it?

Read this to see which datasets have been selected for story-telling and how to register and submit your work. 

Looking for data? Check our BuzzTopics!

BuzzData now has nearly 1,000 staff-curated datasets available for those people looking for clean data to mash up, visualize or just have on-hand. For the full list of topics, read this. 

Okay, that’s all for now!

The BuzzData Team