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Author Archives: Josh Sowalsky
Analyzing Co-Occurrences
A common question we hear at Texifter is, “How can one derive co-occurrences in a slice of data?” DiscoverText makes this process relatively easy – when starting with one known variable. For instance, one might like to see which hashtags … Continue reading
Posted in DiscoverText, general, research
Tagged analysis, analytics, co-occurrences, DiscoverText, hashtags, insight, links, Media, romney, SMA, social, Social Media, Social Media Analytics, statistics, stats, Texifter, tweet, Tweets, twitter, Twitter Analysis, twitter stats, urls
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Election Analytics Part I: Romney Trends in April
[In the coming months leading up the U.S. presidential election, the Texifter blog will be featuring a multi-part series on various analytical insights into the election, which can be gained by utilizing a host of social media analytics (SMA) methods within … Continue reading
Posted in DiscoverText, research, Twitter
Tagged Active Learning, analytics, API, conservative, Data Mining, DiscoverText, election, Facebook API, gingrich, GNIP, hashtags, liberal, Machine Classifiers, Machine Learning, newt, newt gingrich, nomination, nomineee, p2, primary, Republican, republican nomination, republican nominee, rnc, romney, Ron Paul, santorum, SMA, Social Media, Social Media Analytics, statistics, Texifter, Text Analysis, Text Analytics, Tweets, twitter, Twitter API, Twitter Mining, withnewt
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As Syria Falls, Russia Rises…on Twitter
Bordering Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan, Syria has served as a linchpin of geopolitical stability in the Middle East for decades. In spite of its many years of single-party dictatorial rule, its track-record of Lebanese encroachment, and its continuous … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged analytics, Arabic, Bayesian classification, DiscoverText, free syrian army, hegemony, hezbollah, ikhwan, intervention, iran, iranian, islamic extremism, islamism, islamist, israel, jordan, lebanon, Middle East, military, military intervention, money, muslim brotherhood, Natural Language Processing, NLP, proxy, proxy war, proxy wars, russia, Saudi Arabia, Sentiment Analysis, Social Media, Social Media Analytics, Syria, syrian national council, Texifter, Text Analytics, Topic Modeling, turkey, twitter, إسرائيل, إيراني, الأردن, الإخوان, الإسلام, الاسلامية, البرمجة اللغوية العصبية, التدخل العسكري, التطرف الإسلامي, الجيش السوري مجانا, الحروب بالوكالة, الروسية, الشرق الأوسط, العربية, العربية السعودية, المال, المجلس الوطني السوري, الوكيل, ايران, بايزي التصنيف, تحليل المشاعر, تحليلات, تحليلات وسائل الاعلام الاجتماعية, تدخل, تركيا, حرب بالوكالة, حزب الله, روسيا, روسية, سوريا, سيطرة, عسكري, لبنان, مسلم الإخوان, موضوع النمذجة, نص تحليلات, وسائل الاعلام الاجتماعية, وكلاء
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Weibo Arrives @DiscoverText
After months of user anticipation, the Weibo API is now integrated into DiscoverText, our “do-it-yourself” text analytic solution for deriving insight from unstructured text. With over 300 million users, Weibo is the largest micro-blogging website in China. Its integration into … Continue reading
Posted in DiscoverText, general, product, research, Twitter
Tagged #bigdata, Active Learning, analytics, API, API Graph, big data, China, Chinese, Chinese Big Data, Chinese media, Data Mining, DiscoverText, Machine Classifiers, Machine Learning, Media, NLP, SMA, Social Media, Social Media Analytics, social media monitoring, Texifter, Text Analysis, Text Analytics, Tweets, Twitter API, Twitter Mining, weibo
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200 Million Document Milestone
Only a few months ago, DiscoverText’s data ingest counter was steadily moving toward 100 million documents. This week, the software’s document ingest counter will cross the 200 million document line. You can see this for yourself on our homepage. With … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged big data, DiscoverText, Document Search, Document Storage, E-Discovery, Machine Learning, Milestone, Texifter, Twitter API, Twitter Mining
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DiscoverText Introduces Tools for Random Sampling
DiscoverText is rolling-out an addition to its analytical toolkit: random sampling. The Web-service already offers an array of tools for text analytics and rigorous, team-based qualitative data analysis. These functions include the ability to code and annotate text, measure inter-rater … Continue reading
Posted in DiscoverText, Facebook, general, GNIP, product, research, Twitter
Tagged analytics, API Graph, Bayesian, Bayesian classification, classification, Code Text, coding, Data Mining, DiscoverText, Firehose, Gary King, GNIP, Machine Classifiers, Machine Learning, methodology, Natural Language Processing, NLP, PowerTrack, Qualitative Data Analysis, random, Random Sample, Random Sampling, Research, research methodology, sample, Sampling, Social Graph, Social Media, social media monitoring, Texifter, Text Analysis, Text Analytics, twitter, Twitter API
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Apple Shake-Up, Part II: Tweets in Memoriam
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
Posted in general
Tagged analytics, Apple, Code Text, Data Mining, datamining, death, DiscoverText, GNIP, Jobs, Machine Classifiers, Machine Learning, Social Media, Steve, Steve Jobs, Texifter, Text Analysis, Text Analytics, Tweets, twitter, Twitter API
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The Crazy Life of a Tweet
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
Posted in general
Tagged #OBL, analytics, API, Bin Laden, Code Text, coding, Crowdsource, crowdsourcing, DiscoverText, Research, Social Media, Texifter, Text Analysis, Text Analytics, Tweets, twitter, Twitter API
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The Apple Shake-Up: Part I
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
Posted in general
Tagged Apple, Data Mining, DiscoverText, iOS5, iPhone, IT, Sentiment Analysis, Texifter, Text Analytics
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22,348 bin Laden Tweets: Coded!
It took all of three days for 27 individuals from around the country (and maybe the world) to collectively code 22,348 Tweets that mentioned Osama bin Laden, following his assassination. This crowdsourcing feat, sponsored by the Qualitative Data Analysis Program … Continue reading
Posted in DiscoverText, general, product, research
Tagged analytics, Bin Laden, coding, Crowdsource, DiscoverText, QDAP, Tweets, twitter
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Hurtigruten: A Norwegian Social Media Phenomenon
Here at Texifter, we are regularly impressed by the many ways in which our increasing number of end-users discover new ways to apply DiscoverText’s capabilities to their own research. With each new success story, we are – once again – … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged DiscoverText, Facebook, Hurtigruten, Social Media, Texifter, Text Analysis, twitter, Twitter Analysis
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FB Graph API Revisited
Following the blog post about oddities in the Facebook importing that Stu was experiencing while visiting the DMI summer school, I put on my detective hat and went looking for possible reasons why things that should be available from the … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged API Graph, Data Mining, DiscoverText, Facebook API, Social Media, Texifter, Text Analytics, twitter
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Monitor Middle East Protests
Dear faithful users and intrigued future users of DiscoverText, My name’s Josh and I’m one of 3 user support specialists at Texifter LLC. For my first Texifter blog entry, I’m going to demonstrate how I’ve been using DiscoverText to capture … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged Data Mining, DiscoverText, Dissent, Facebook, Middle East, Protest, Social Media, Texifter, Text Analytics, twitter
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A Classifier for the Masses
DiscoverText took a leap forward a few weeks ago with the addition of a beta text classifier from the developers over at uClassify (www.uclassify.com). Integration of this tool into a one-of-a-kind active-learning system inside DiscoverText allows users to create and … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged Data Mining, DiscoverText, Machine Learning, Texifter, Text Analytics, uClassify
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Exporting TopMeta
Due to popular demand, the product development team at Texifter is proud to announce that “TopMeta” is now exportable! What does this mean, you might ask? What is TopMeta? When you import either your own data or live social media … Continue reading →