Wow. That's impressive. Big step forward in social analytics.
Wolfram Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would be surprised if FB does NOT have an analytics portal similar to this it allows NSA types to access.
Why would they spend time on an interface for the government?
Not necessarily built in-house. Or, charged for at sufficiently high rates, or used as an internal research tool ("how are people using our product?").
Also, Palantir.
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#94This is interestingly non-viral. Although it's one of the coolest links I've seen in a while, it takes much longer to "consume" this, and sharing doesn't have until after consumption. Interesting to note how much less frequently this was shared than some much interesting "popular links".
Yeah, stuff with a scientific bend doesn't get shared, although it has impact. It creates its own niche, with considerably less noise.
Sorry to broaden the scope, but this made me think...
In stock markets, you have the concept of "noise traders", less well-informed traders. They sort of create their own dynamics, sometimes even generating good return on investments, where better informed traders stay out of the market.
Social dynamics... not sure if it's possible to derive some new fundamental laws, because human behavior is too fluid. Maybe in the end (after years of "big data" number crunching) all we get is some empirical observations and weak correlations.
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#95> all you have to do is type “facebook report” into the standard Wolfram|Alpha website. .. and connect with your Facebook account, grant extended permissions, signup for a Wolfram account, go to your mail inbox, validate your Wolfram ID, hit a dead end, sign into Wolfram with your Wolfram account, type "facebook report" in the searchbox again, wait 10 minutes for the page to load and finally.. get to see the report (…
You forgot "reactivate FB account" as step one. Although I'm considering doing that to check this out - it looks very cool.
Yes, and "get an internet connection" as step 0.
And "have a working computer" as step -1. etc...
I guess I think it's fair to claim its a simple process by assuming you have a login with Wolfram Alpha and Facebook.
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#96Do you know that feeling when a project/idea you have been working on a long time gets implemented almost exactly as you imagined it, only by someone else? Well I do now. I'm not sure if I should be excited, or listen to the sick feeling in my stomach. Edit: Thanks for the positive support! I'll keep working on the project.
Yup, it sucks. That happened to me with Light Table, though I had only been developing very rough prototypes rather than any kind of polished demo. On the positive side, there is a sense in which it is still overall a good thing. You might have had your thunder stolen, but at least more people are now looking up at the sky, and you've had the opportunity to think deeply about where the winds are blowing.
Don't give up. There is a ton of room in the IDE space, and Light Table isn't going to get it all right.
If you create a tool that saves devs 1 hour a week, you're saving a 10 man shop 25k/year.
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#97Like the author I'm also not really active on Facebook, but I found the clustering of friends particularly insightful. I can see this extending to Twitter, Linked in and so on, combining everything into a dynamic scorecard. This is what Klout should have been. (Personal blog post showing clustering: http://lancewiggs.com/2012/08/31/mapping-your-social-network... )
The clustering is so good it's almost scarily good. I wish there was an option for creating friends list automatically from it.
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#98Do you know that feeling when a project/idea you have been working on a long time gets implemented almost exactly as you imagined it, only by someone else? Well I do now. I'm not sure if I should be excited, or listen to the sick feeling in my stomach. Edit: Thanks for the positive support! I'll keep working on the project.
Think of this way. Some one build the prototype for you. Now go ask everyone showing this and find out if they will pay for this?
The answers will give you an idea how useful this is and whether to pursue it or not.
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#99Have to love those people with ages of 99 years.
(At least they deal with the "hide my birth year" people correctly instead of saying they are 1-year-old.)
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#100I have a small bug with it: I set my city in my Facebook profile and Wolfram Alpha says I'm in a city with the same name but in France. But the map shows the right city.