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Assessment 2: Scraperwiki, Oh Scraperwiki
Sometimes, Twitter can be a distraction, stopping me from doing work. But on the day I decided to try and find an online tutorial for Python, it was practically a godsend. When it came to the second...
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Assessment 3: A Tale of Nine Pipes
Link to Delicious stack with all my pipes: http://delicious.com/stacks/view/QEOlnE “Test little and often.” - Tony Hirst When I first read those four little words, they didn’t mean anything to me. Tony...
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Assessment 4: My Map-tastic Foray Into TileMill
So far this year, the one thing I have stayed away from in Sandbox is maps and mapping. While mapping is one of the most powerful forms of data visualization, I have a really hard time wrapping my head...
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Assessment 5: My Group Project
You can see our wiki at www.socialmediawikki.com. A link to the PDF, where each member of the group explains the Social Media Wikki from a different perspective: Sandbox-LastAssessment For most of...
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Learning to Scrape, Ewan-Style
One of the things I have wanted to get out of the Sandbox, and in general MACSM, is to have a better understanding of coding/scraping the web. When I started in September at the Bootcamp, I had never...
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A Not-So Successful Attempt To Visualize My Twitter Followers (or Gephi...
It seems fair to say I am obsessed with Twitter. I certainly spend enough time on the social network but my knowledge of how to use the data it provides leaves something to be desired. Enter Tony Hirst...
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Data Visualizing For Dummies, Part 1
My attempts to visualize my own Twitter followers and their relationships didn’t turn out how I wanted it to. While it was a great lesson in learning about new visualization tactics and exposing myself...
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Gephi Visualization, Attempt 2
This post is all about the power of Twitter and the web. When you need help or are trying something new, people are always willing to help you. Just be sure you write about it online first. After...
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Bring It, Scraperwiki
Scraperwiki is definitely easy for some people. The ones who know how to code fluently. For me, it is a continuous struggle. But you know what? I’m up for the challenge. Right now, I’m trying to use...
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Data Visualizing for Dummies, Part 2: Delving Deeper
After publishing “Data Visualizing For Dummies“, Martin Hawksey left a comment. You can read it in full in the original post, but the part that stuck out to me was: Some ‘easter eggs’ in TAGSExplorer...
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