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Texifter in 60 Seconds

This is v1 of the 60-second Texifter elevator pitch. Feedback and questions are truly welcome. Just email stu@texifter.com. ~Thanks!   Tweet This Post

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Tracking FEMA Emergency Hashtags

On November 9th, the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) conducted its first national test of the Emergency Alert System. In some communities this meant full involvement, with teams responding to mock emergencies, and managers monitoring the execution. In the deaf community, … Continue reading

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Free Text Analytics Workshop @UBC 1.19.12

Unlock the Power of Text Open Lecture and Free Software Training on Text and Social Media Analysis Date: Thursday January 19, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Location: Irving K. Barber Centre, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, … Continue reading

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Upload SurveyMonkey Output

For the past couple of months the Texifter blog has featured many posts about the power of DiscoverText to harvest Twitter data and make sense of the noisy and often confusing data. This process has been amplified by our recent … Continue reading

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Black Friday Divide

Even as the crowds grew to record size, gunfire, and one epic fight over waffle irons, people still  ventured out to their local shopping malls and opened their wallets this Black Friday. With overall spending numbers up over 6%, Black … Continue reading

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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

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Visiting Google & Facebook

Thanks to some excellent ground work by Joe Delfino and Sean Kelleher, Joe, Sean & I were able to make a pilgrimage to Google, Facebook & Reputation.com for a wildly exciting day of briefings with Q&A. While I’d love to … Continue reading

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Holiday Shopping Update

From now until the New Year signals the close of the holiday season, Texifter analysts will focus DiscoverText’s tools on holiday shoppers. We will take a close look at their behavior and sentiment as they hit the stores during the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Perry Loses Ground Post Debate

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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DiscoverText on the Road

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

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

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

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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