tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60703915953780923092011-11-27T15:38:42.135-08:00Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-56333305442778989452009-08-06T20:39:00.001-07:002009-08-06T20:39:43.154-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-5633330544277898945?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-57821197719740215142009-08-06T20:33:00.000-07:002009-08-06T20:38:26.859-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-5782119771974021514?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-64259227326697275422009-04-11T20:16:00.000-07:002009-04-12T12:26:08.201-07:00There are roughly 24x31 = 744 hours in March. Thus there are 744 opportunities to make an appearance on the Twitter Trends. A simple power law x**k with k = -0.68 does a good job of describing the distribution. <br /><br /><style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style><br /><div class="nobrtable"><br /><table><br /><tr><th> Rank</th><th> Trending Word </th><th> Measured </th><th> Power Law </th> </tr> <br /><tr><td> 1</td><td> iPhone</td><td> 511</td><td> 511</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 2</td><td> iPod</td><td> 380</td><td> 319</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 3</td><td> #sxsw</td><td> 329</td><td> 242</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 4</td><td> Apple</td><td> 308</td><td> 199</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 5</td><td> AIG</td><td> 260</td><td> 171</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 6</td><td> Watchmen</td><td> 259</td><td> 151</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 7</td><td> AT&T</td><td> 202</td><td> 136</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 8</td><td> Twilight</td><td> 201</td><td> 124</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 9</td><td> Goodnight</td><td> 175</td><td> 115</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 10</td><td> iTunes</td><td> 170</td><td> 107</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 11</td><td> Austin</td><td> 165</td><td> 100</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 12</td><td> Earth Hour</td><td> 145</td><td> 94</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 13</td><td> Texas</td><td> 144</td><td> 89</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 14</td><td> Spring</td><td> 112</td><td> 85</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 15</td><td> March Madness</td><td> 111</td><td> 81</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 16</td><td> BBC</td><td> 110</td><td> 78</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 17</td><td> NCAA</td><td> 108</td><td> 74</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 18</td><td> Jimmy Fallon</td><td> 99</td><td> 72</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 19</td><td> Ellen</td><td> 92</td><td> 69</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 20</td><td> Dollhouse</td><td> 88</td><td> 67</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 21</td><td> Diddy</td><td> 87</td><td> 64</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 22</td><td> Miami</td><td> 83</td><td> 62</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 23</td><td> Irish</td><td> 79</td><td> 61</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 24</td><td> Sydney</td><td> 78</td><td> 59</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 25</td><td> Vegas</td><td> 75</td><td> 57</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 26</td><td> American Idol</td><td> 63</td><td> 56</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 27</td><td> TGIF</td><td> 62</td><td> 54</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 28</td><td> Natasha Richardson</td><td> 62</td><td> 53</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 29</td><td> #mvp09</td><td> 61</td><td> 52</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 30</td><td> Easter</td><td> 59</td><td> 51</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 31</td><td> Starbucks</td><td> 58</td><td> 49</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 32</td><td> Comic Relief</td><td> 57</td><td> 48</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 33</td><td> SXSW</td><td> 56</td><td> 47</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 34</td><td> Social Media</td><td> 52</td><td> 46</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 35</td><td> #ncaa</td><td> 52</td><td> 46</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 36</td><td> IMAX</td><td> 51</td><td> 45</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 37</td><td> Spring Break</td><td> 50</td><td> 44</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 38</td><td> GDC</td><td> 49</td><td> 43</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 39</td><td> #musicmonday</td><td> 47</td><td> 42</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 40</td><td> Ireland</td><td> 46</td><td> 42</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 41</td><td> #bsg</td><td> 44</td><td> 41</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 42</td><td> Michael Jackson</td><td> 44</td><td> 40</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 43</td><td> #mix09</td><td> 43</td><td> 40</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 44</td><td> #drupalcon</td><td> 43</td><td> 39</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 45</td><td> Aliens</td><td> 43</td><td> 38</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 46</td><td> New York</td><td> 42</td><td> 38</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 47</td><td> #iphone</td><td> 41</td><td> 37</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 48</td><td> Jon Stewart</td><td> 41</td><td> 37</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 49</td><td> #phish</td><td> 41</td><td> 36</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 50</td><td> #watchmen</td><td> 40</td><td> 36</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 51</td><td> Daylight Savings</td><td> 40</td><td> 35</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 52</td><td> Melbourne</td><td> 39</td><td> 35</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 53</td><td> UConn</td><td> 38</td><td> 34</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 54</td><td> #iPhone</td><td> 38</td><td> 34</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 55</td><td> Spotify</td><td> 37</td><td> 33</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 56</td><td> DST</td><td> 37</td><td> 33</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 57</td><td> Duke</td><td> 37</td><td> 33</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 58</td><td> Kindle</td><td> 37</td><td> 32</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 59</td><td> My DBI</td><td> 35</td><td> 32</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 60</td><td> Paris</td><td> 35</td><td> 32</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 61</td><td> Celebrity Apprentice</td><td> 34</td><td> 31</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 62</td><td> Ipod</td><td> 34</td><td> 31</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 63</td><td> #skittles</td><td> 34</td><td> 31</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 64</td><td> IE8</td><td> 34</td><td> 30</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 65</td><td> Jim Cramer</td><td> 32</td><td> 30</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 66</td><td> Fargo</td><td> 32</td><td> 30</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 67</td><td> #earthhour</td><td> 32</td><td> 29</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 68</td><td> Green</td><td> 32</td><td> 29</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 69</td><td> Jesus</td><td> 32</td><td> 29</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 70</td><td> Florida</td><td> 31</td><td> 28</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 71</td><td> Heroes</td><td> 31</td><td> 28</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 72</td><td> Guinness</td><td> 31</td><td> 28</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 73</td><td> G20</td><td> 31</td><td> 28</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 74</td><td> SNL</td><td> 30</td><td> 27</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 75</td><td> Atlanta</td><td> 30</td><td> 27</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 76</td><td> Skype</td><td> 30</td><td> 27</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 77</td><td> Liverpool</td><td> 29</td><td> 27</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 78</td><td> BSG</td><td> 29</td><td> 26</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 79</td><td> #nascar</td><td> 29</td><td> 26</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 80</td><td> #sesny</td><td> 29</td><td> 26</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 81</td><td> Family Guy</td><td> 29</td><td> 26</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 82</td><td> Lord</td><td> 28</td><td> 26</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 83</td><td> Snow</td><td> 28</td><td> 25</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 84</td><td> #pycon</td><td> 28</td><td> 25</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 85</td><td> #SxSW</td><td> 28</td><td> 25</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 86</td><td> Wild Things Are</td><td> 28</td><td> 25</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 87</td><td> Saw Watchmen</td><td> 27</td><td> 25</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 88</td><td> Anoop</td><td> 27</td><td> 24</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 89</td><td> #socialmedia</td><td> 27</td><td> 24</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 90</td><td> #24</td><td> 26</td><td> 24</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 91</td><td> Resident Evil 5</td><td> 26</td><td> 24</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 92</td><td> iPhone OS 3</td><td> 26</td><td> 24</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 93</td><td> Conficker</td><td> 25</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 94</td><td> Syracuse</td><td> 25</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 95</td><td> Adam Lambert</td><td> 25</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 96</td><td> UNC</td><td> 25</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 97</td><td> Player Snapshot</td><td> 25</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 98</td><td> TweetDeck</td><td> 24</td><td> 23</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 99</td><td> Paul Harvey</td><td> 24</td><td> 22</td></tr><br /><tr><td> 100</td><td> RE5</td><td> 24</td><td> 22</td></tr><br /></table><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-6425922732669727542?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-16089235568389935232009-04-11T19:33:00.000-07:002009-04-11T19:51:24.120-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeFTdCmFfDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LXbX0b_CHWA/s1600-h/Top500ByPointsMarch09_loglog.png"><img style=" margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeFTdCmFfDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LXbX0b_CHWA/s320/Top500ByPointsMarch09_loglog.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323627992906562610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeFTVuhn9YI/AAAAAAAAAC0/YwuAtF-UDk0/s1600-h/Top500ByAppearancesMarch09_loglog.png"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeFTVuhn9YI/AAAAAAAAAC0/YwuAtF-UDk0/s320/Top500ByAppearancesMarch09_loglog.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323627867260056962" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, Twitter trends are, not suprisingly, power law distributions. <br /><br />Thus I really should be plotting them using log log axis:<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-1608923556838993523?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-49682464021556370292009-04-11T14:03:00.000-07:002009-04-11T14:32:27.093-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeEG2LsUoyI/AAAAAAAAACs/WtLtrC7MJ_Q/s1600-h/Top200ByAppearancesMarch09.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeEG2LsUoyI/AAAAAAAAACs/WtLtrC7MJ_Q/s320/Top200ByAppearancesMarch09.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323543762450031394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeEGZlE9PnI/AAAAAAAAACk/YhIdydLyXtI/s1600-h/Top200ByPointsMarch09.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ICrhtu8ajW8/SeEGZlE9PnI/AAAAAAAAACk/YhIdydLyXtI/s320/Top200ByPointsMarch09.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323543271048035954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fortunately I do not have access to a Windows/IE box to day so I can postpone checking on the IE issues ...<br /><br />Welcome to Mexico, land of manana.<br /><br />So I worked on the bar graphs for Twitter trend ranking. I rank the trends two ways: 1) by "points" where the points are in range [20,0] with 20 for the top ranking trend and 0 if the trend is not reported, and 2) by simple appearances where any appearance on the charts causes the total to be incremented by one.<br /><br />I found remarkably close agreement between Twitter trends (key words) ranked by the two methods and a Pareto distribution with k = 0.76.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-4968246402155637029?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-61488322819584541482009-04-07T10:54:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:58:08.093-07:00OK, as suspected there is a problem with my IE Javascript. <br /><br />I shall be travelling for a few days. I will resolve the IE issues when I return. Till then you should use Firefox, which works in my Linux environment.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-6148832281958454148?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070391595378092309.post-30789226285601760542009-04-07T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:33:20.402-07:00RealTimeTrender.com is developing numerical and graphical trending tools. Our initial effort is to provide a graphical display of real time trend data from Twitter.<br /><br /><a href="http://realtimetrender.com/trends/2008_12">Data for December, 2008</a><br /><a href="http://realtimetrender.com/trends/2009_01">Data for January, 2009</a><br /><a href="http://realtimetrender.com/trends/2009_02">Data for February, 2009</a><br /><a href="http://realtimetrender.com/trends/2009_03">Data for March, 2009</a><br /><a href="http://realtimetrender.com/trends/2009_04">Data for April, 2009</a><br /><br />You should see the Twitter Top 20 trends displayed. At the bottom of each display you should see a box labeled "Uncheck All." Click on this box then display one or more trends by clicking on the check boxes in the table above. <br /><br />This is a "Work in Progress." You are seeing the first public presentation of this display system. It may or may not work for you now. Stay tuned though and offer us your suggestions as to how to improve the site and what information you would like to see.<br /><br />The software involved is Python/Django on the server side and JQuery/Flot for the client. All development is done under Linux using Firefox.<br /><br />We have not done testing for Internet Explorer yet so all bets are of for IE. We would appreciate hearing from IE users: please send us screenshots and other reports.<br /><br />Please send me your feedback,<br /><br />BobLQ<br /><br />Contact: realtimetrender at gmail.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6070391595378092309-3078922628560176054?l=realtimetrender.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert E. La Queyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110678262875167243noreply@blogger.com0