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24 alternatives to Curious Minds - Digital information preservation & future archaeology

A lesson about data preservation and its pitfalls.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Curious Minds - Digital information preservation & future archaeology launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Dremio▲67

   The missing link in modern data

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   DataStories▲83

   Clear solutions to complex problems

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine▲217

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Workers▲65

   Archaeology of the Industrial Age

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61

   A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Longaccess▲66

   We will keep your digital archive safe for decades.

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Mini Mammoth▲87

   Powerful research companion from Mammoth

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Note to Self - The Case for Infomagical▲62

   A campaign to end information overload

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The evolution of the web▲94

   A data visualization about the growth of the web since 1990

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10TC
    The Codex – a graph database project for the digital humanities▲33

    2016 · the-codex.net · its alternatives →

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    Archive.org▲123

    The new archive.org

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Partially Derivative - Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google▲60

    VR, interactive news apps, and the future of data journalism

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ThinAir▲73

    The future of data security

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PolicyViz: Chris Parmer from Plotly▲53

    The future of online data visualization tools

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Analyse Asia-106: Parag Khanna▲53

    Mapping the future of human civilisations from Asia to US

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Before the dawn▲66

    Recovering the lost history of our ancestors

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Stratigy – A server app for storing and exchanging stratigraphic data▲5

    2015 · stratigy.danielkerkow.de · its alternatives →

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    The Master Switch▲71

    : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Bone Rooms▲73

    From scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Data Smart▲76

    Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62

    Digital Transparence and Expository Society

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Secure Digital Archive for the Paranoid▲6

    2014 · goryachev.com · its alternatives →

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    Arc – secure file archiver▲72

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Distracted Mind▲72

    Ancient brains in a high-tech world

    2016 · its alternatives →

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