A picture takes a thousand words

It’s a common cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words. I’ve been trying this week to create a visual that represents the metric environment. Using the data life cycle I’ve been examining where potential metrics can be recorded, and what form that those metrics might take. I’ve been Continue reading A picture takes a thousand words

Week #04: Amelie Inspired Edit and Freeware

This week I finished up most of the shooting and started editing.  I found the edit to be more intense than I expected with a need for extra stylization in After Effects.  I used Photoshop, Premiere, and AE for the edit.  I am going to need more time for the Continue reading Week #04: Amelie Inspired Edit and Freeware

#OpenScience Sentiment Analysis via Twitter Data

In earlier post I mentioned that I would like to look at positive sentiments such as “I like @figshare” or “I prefer @figshare” or “I use @figshare” across twitter. A quick Web search on Google for “archive of past tweets” (without quotes) brought my attention to this September 4, 2013 article on Mashable: Continue reading #OpenScience Sentiment Analysis via Twitter Data

Exploring #OpenScience Communities via Twitter

Continuing some initial explorations on how to explore data sharing practices among users of an online repository such as figshare. As an active (or more accurately, formerly active) twitter user (@mountainsol), I recall finding that some of my information was stored by a service called “favstar.” Twitter has the ability Continue reading Exploring #OpenScience Communities via Twitter

#OpenScience Social Networks: Facebook and Google+

Continuing to look at figshare today. Facebook has some limited data available concerning users. It is not possible to see “who likes figshare” on Facebook because that information is private, unlike twitter, which allows any user to view the “followers” and “friends” of a twitter user. The limited data that Continue reading #OpenScience Social Networks: Facebook and Google+

Survey of Data Management Early Adopters

In support of the sociocultural working group, I am now assisting with an inquiry into the phenomenon of sharing data online via publishing and archival services.  In particular, I’m looking at the user community surrounding FigShare. Over the summer I took a course in Scholarly Publishing.  The class examined a Continue reading Survey of Data Management Early Adopters