The VIZoSPHERE
A new diversion of mine: mapping twitter accounts related to information visualization with gephi:
This map shows 1645 twitter accounts related to the topic of information visualization. The accounts were determined as follows: For a subjective selection of “seed accounts”[1], the twitter API was queried for followers and friends. In order to be included into the map, a user account needed to have at least 5 links (i.e. follow or being followed) to one of these accounts. The size of the network nodes indicates the number of followers within this network.
[1] The seed accounts were; @moritz_stefaner, @datavis, @infosthetics, @wiederkehr, @FILWD, @janwillemtulp, @visualisingdata, @jcukier, @mccandelish, @flowingdata, @mslima, @blprnt, @pitchinteractiv, @bestiario140, @eagereyes, @feltron, @stamen, @thewhyaxis
July 25th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Ciao Moritz, it’s great to see how many people added to the conversation after 5 years ;)
July 26th, 2011 at 1:37 am
Another awesome work, Moritz. Simple and brilliant.
Keep it up!
Cheers
@TSSVeloso / @visualoop
July 26th, 2011 at 7:58 am
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August 4th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Nice work! Any plans on making nodes searchable?
May 16th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Beautiful, insightful, useful — great work!
In light of your interest in information aesthetics, any thoughts on the game Go? To an experienced eye, strong moves tend to look elegant and poor moves look crude. Food for thought, and thanks for sparking my interest.
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