Monthly Archives: October 2011

Archiving Public Facebook Content: Technical & Legal Issues

 Posted on October 27, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

This is an updated version of a very popular early video. It describes some of the technical and legal issues when you “Connect” with Facebook credentials to DiscoverText. The video offers instructions about privacy and demonstrates how you can use … Continue reading →

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Why People Want GNIP’s Power Track Twitter Firehose

 Posted on October 25, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

We have been delighted with the response to our call for beta testers to try the GNIP-enabled PowerTrack for Twitter.  You can still sign up. Round 1 of the beta test concludes on October 31, 2011. Even just testing the … Continue reading →

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Apple Shake-Up, Part II: Tweets in Memoriam

 Posted on October 25, 2011 by Josh Sowalsky

On October 5th, the passing of Steve Jobs rocked the world. Millions were touched by the loss of one of the world’s great innovators who has firmly joined the ranks of Guttenberg, Franklin, and Edison. Over the 24 hours following … Continue reading →

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Perry Loses Ground Post Debate

 Posted on October 24, 2011 by Joseph Delfino

Prior to the CNN GOP Primary Debate last Tuesday, October 18, Texifter analysts had been collecting Tweets relating to every major Republican contender since late August. Earlier in the fall, we reported on the number of Tweets per candidate, which … Continue reading →

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GNIP Power Track Tutorial: Getting Started via DiscoverText

 Posted on October 23, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

This is an 11-minute tutorial covering how you get started using the GNIP Power Track for Twitter (the “full firehose”) to capture large numbers of Tweets for analysis. Tweet This Post

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GNIP’s Power Track

 Posted on October 20, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

This short video talks about some of the advantages when using the GNIP-enabled Power Track for gathering Tweets via DiscoverText. Tweet This Post

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DiscoverText on the Road

 Posted on October 18, 2011 by Joseph Delfino

For the past month, Texifter technical and business development staff have been occupied with multiple large projects including, the cultivation of the GNIP Beta, updating system performance, experimenting with lead generation, and digging through the #OBL:-) Funniest Tweets. However, this has not … Continue reading →

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The Crazy Life of a Tweet

 Posted on October 15, 2011 by Josh Sowalsky

On the evening of May 1st, Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. Over the following hours (and days), bin Laden was mentioned by millions across the twitterverse. Among the first of those tweets came from a young, gay, homeschooled … Continue reading →

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Mining for Leads

 Posted on October 14, 2011 by Joseph Delfino

Texifter is pioneering the use of machine-learning methods to harvest essential information from unstructured social media data. For example, Twitter feeds can generate top line and bottom line growth. This requires a text analysis tool that moves beyond simply displaying … Continue reading →

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The Apple Shake-Up: Part I

 Posted on October 13, 2011 by Josh Sowalsky

For Apple, last week will be remembered as one of its toughest and finest on record, and not just for its tumultuous stock prices, but for the staggering range of emotions that the company evoked throughout the week. The week began with … Continue reading →

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The OBL Script

 Posted on October 13, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

  #ir12 – IGNITE TALK SCRIPT Slide #1 – Hi I’m Stu and I’m going to talk today about the power of crowds for performing certain tasks. I want to thank Josh Sowalsky for managing this project and drafting the … Continue reading →

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The OBL:-) Voting Options

 Posted on October 11, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

Note: Voting will remain open until the end of #IR12. Thanks for the idea of posting the ballot Sarah! Tweet #OBL:-) plus the number of the Tweet you think is funniest.                   … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing: the #OBL:-) Project

 Posted on October 10, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

Tomorrow morning I will present this 5-minute talk at #IR12. If you want the sneak peek, or if you cannot make it to Seattle for the talk, here is your chance to see the results and, more importantly, be a … Continue reading →

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Bin Laden Tweets Take Center Stage at AoIR

 Posted on October 10, 2011 by Joseph Delfino

On Tuesday, October 11th, Texifter Founder and CEO, Stu Shulman, will be attending the annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Seattle, Washington.  The Twelfth Annual AoIR Conference (you can follow it on Twitter @ #IR12) brings together … Continue reading →

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Power Track for Twitter

 Posted on October 5, 2011 by Stuart Shulman

It works! In less than 48 hours, the GNIP-enabled Power track for Twitter has pulled in more than a quarter million Tweets for the rule “Google”: 257, 284 to be precise, but that number changes faster than I can keep … Continue reading →

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