Dataset: Wisconsin Union Protester Tweets #wiunion

   I've been playing with Twitter data over the last week, archiving Algerian, Egyptian, Iranian, and Chinese tweets.  I thought I'd bring the story a little closer to home this time by archiving tweets from Wisconsin Union protesters on the #wiunion tag.  Grab the dataset of 165,593 tweets here, and check out the two figure

By |2011-02-21T20:58:22-05:00February 21st, 2011|Programming, Society|2 Comments

RescueTime: Really Cool Time Tracking

I created my RescueTime account in October 2009, installed the client, got confused, and promptly ignored its weekly email until last week.  For one reason or another, I was compelled to log back in and check it out.  After downloading the client and trying it out on my free account for a few hours, I

By |2011-02-21T20:32:06-05:00February 21st, 2011|Personal, Programming|0 Comments

Plotting 3D Graphs with Python, igraph, and Cairo: #cn220 Example

  Out of all the visuals I’ve produced, I think the "coolest" is the three-dimensional U.S. Supreme Court citation network 1080p movie I produced with Dan Katz (close friend, coauthor, and newly minted law professor!).  3D networks, especially dynamic ones, really invoke the "wow" factor.  Movies are especially important in dynamic cases too, since without the animation,

By |2011-02-21T12:43:58-05:00February 21st, 2011|Programming|0 Comments

Tracking the Frequency of Twitter Hashtags with R

 I’ve posted three examples of Twitter hashtags datasets in the last week: one on China, one on Iran, and one on Algeria.  In order to build these datasets, I needed to obtain older tweets; this is slightly more difficult than simply filtering the streaming feed for your hashtag of choice.  The original code I wrote

By |2011-02-21T01:22:32-05:00February 21st, 2011|Programming|7 Comments

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