December 2012
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Personalized Book Recommendations →
I just launched a new project, BookRx, with Larry Birnbaum and the Knight Lab at Northwestern University which aims to provide personalized book recommendations to Twitter users. BookRx analyzes your tweets, specifically the words, hashtags, and users mentions, to rank categories of books and provide specific recommendations. It’s a fun way to find new books, explore your own tweeting...
November 2012
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Predict Your Vote With Twitter →
What does your Twitter activity say about who you will vote for? My latest project attempts to predict who you will vote for in the 2012 U.S. presidential election based on an analysis of your tweets. It examines the words, hashtags, websites, and usernames mentioned in your Twitter feed to predict if you will vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
This work has yielded some interesting...
July 2012
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Your Personal Twitter Story →
I recently worked with Narrative Science to write personalized news stories based solely on Twitter data. The results were demonstrated at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference and the attendees. Check out an example story here.
February 2012
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Making sense of political communication on Twitter →
I recently worked on a project which has been deployed as part of a large initiative to provide tools for Illinois voters ahead of the 2012 Illinois Congressional elections. It categorizes political communication on Twitter and provides visualizations to help voters understand the priorities of political candidates on important issues.
Check it out at www.congressionalprimaries.org.
November 2011
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News Interests Survey for Twitter Users →
You are invited to complete a very quick survey which involves identifying and ordering your personal interests as it relates to news content. The survey should take no longer than 5 minutes and contains two questions in which you are asked to to rank your interests in terms of high-level news categories (e.g. Sports, Politics, Technology) and specific topics (e.g. Chicago Cubs, Elections 2012,...
May 2011
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Categorize tweets and help me with my research →
As part of my graduate research I’m building a tool that automatically analyzes what people are talking about on Twitter, as organized by your typical news categories (sports, technology, etc.).
Here’s a really useful and easy way to help me with this. Just click here, enter a username (don’t use your full name, please), and assign a category to each tweet that you see. If you...
