Where to go from here Do your homework Stay critical Look for projects that have done similar things Though you have questions, you still have the to what you want to do. A good place to start most expertise on your specific context. If is with the case studies you’ll find in this set of someone tries to tell you that something is either resources. What specifically do you like about always or never right, and you disagree, trust your those projects, with regards to their use of new instinct. or emerging data sources? Are they using new types of data in a way you hadn’t seen before, or do they manage to draw new conclusions based on a new type of analysis? multiple opinions on what would be the best option for you. Software vendors, whether motivated by profit or limited by a focus on Look for examples of similar projects that you their own products, may not give you the best like, which use the new types of data in the recommendation. Consider more secure and particular way that you’d like to. Once you find generally less expensive Free and Open Source them, write down the date of when they were Software (FOSS) tools wherever possible. created, and pick out any elements you find particularly inspiring, or are particularly relevant for your work. Once you’ve got a list of projects, reach out to some of the researchers involved in them and see if they have time for a quick call with you. Be realistic: though a particular project might seem very simple from the outside, it might have involved more work behind the scenes than you might realise. 78 Especially when money becomes involved, get