Keywords Visualization Part 2
Keywords Visualization v2
See the live visualization at: http://www.bengfort.com/keywords/
Version 2 of the Bengfort.com Keywords Visualization is now complete. This new update includes tool tips (hover the mouse over a node and the tool tip appears) that describe the data in plain language- in this case, how many times the keyword appears in Bengfort.com (note that multiple appearances in a single post are all counted, as opposed to the number of posts that include the keyword, I hope my grammar was clear enough to explicate this). In addition, now the strength of the links is now visually shown via color and thickness. This actually expanded the graph, so I may have to refactor so it all fits on the screen. Finally, if you click on a node, it searches Bengfort.com for the last 7 posts that include the keyword and present those posts to you!
Additionally, the graph has now been made clearer. Link strength is identified on a 5 point scale, however I have excluded strengths of 1 or 2, this immensely cleans up the graph and only shows the most relevant links. While this means some links no longer appear, other connections have suddenly become more apparent. (I’m especially fond of the link between our disciplines and technology!)
This version finalizes the tutorial on SitePoint.com with modifications made to make it work for Bengfort.com. I know this graph is still far from perfect, and I intend to continue to explore making this application more usable. To that end, any feedback from you guys would be much appreciated! For instance, tell me what you see, and if there is anything I could do to make it better. (Remember, I don’t know what you see, I only see what is on my browser). If there is any functionality you think should be included, if there are any keywords you want added, please let me know! I know that it is easy to read the post and to forget about it, but the more you think about it, the better I can make it!
Once again, the link to the visualization is: http://www.bengfort.com/keywords/ check it out!
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Benjamin
Graduate Student and Instructor at NDSU
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Just added keywords for our fields (International Education, Political Science, Business, Computer Science, International Relations, Anthropology) and changed Jacquelyn to Jaci to get her some hits (she is now mentioned 46 times instead of 0 times!) and removed politics which had 0. This makes the graph slightly more interesting!
Ha! I just noticed why “Ben” is a nexus of the graph- because Bengfort is counted as Ben- and you can imagine how many times Bengfort appears in this blog! Doh! I fixed it by searching for “Ben ” with the space, while this also excludes “Benjamin”, it does mean that Jaci and I are now connected in the graph!