Many minds are better than one. That thought becomes amazingly powerful when you apply it to data. Looking at it, asking questions about it, making observations on it, when you get the group involved you supercharge your quant.

So here is my super short list of my favorite social data sites:

Many-Eyes : A free service from IBM. Users can share their data sets, create visualizations, and move towards topic hubs to help gain insights into their information.

Swivel.com : Swivels mission is to make data useful, to help people share insights and make great decisions based on the information. Not only does it live upto this, it also is free. A powerful tool that empowers your data.

In the spirit of speaking about “Quants”, if you’re in the market to super charge your analytic mind, you might want to start reading books buy Emanuel Derman, one of my favorite “Quants” to follow.