Mapping Twitter’s Python and Data Science Communities

Last month I gave a tutorial at the Pydata NYC conference on my work using Python’s Networkx library and the open source graphing tool, Gephi. The tutorial covers some fundamental social network theory and then highlights a methodology which I commonly use to analyze communities on Twitter. Here I mapped out the embedded social network [...]

[video] How UNICEF’s #SahelNow Campaign Spread through the Twitterverse

A couple of weeks ago we were pleased to spend some time with the folks from UNICEF, analyzing and discussing their #SahelNow campaign. The campaign is focused on drawing attention towards the food crisis unfolding in the Sahel region in West and Central Africa.

The campaign has seen a substantial rise in references, including participation [...]