NodeXL is growing in features and utility along with its user base. As we just crossed the 5,000 download milestone, it seems time for the next phase in the evolution of all software projects: t-shirts. We need an image, logo,…
A nice example of the value of a graph: here is a network chart generated with NodeXL that represents the connections between products and producers that may be tainted with peanuts that have food poisoning. From Doug Finke's Development in…
Katy Borner at the Visual Data Analysis Conference in San Jose It was good to see Katy Borner at the Visual Data Analysis conference held recently in San Jose. Katy is part of the Network Workbench project that provides…
Here are a few of the major stakeholders that gather around any social media effort. Each role can be further divided into sub roles who specialize in particular kinds of behavior like starting discussions, arguments, or answering questions. Each stakeholder has information needs that…
I love this paper from Lada A. Adamic, Jun Zhang, Eytan Bakshy and Mark Ackerman at WWW2008: Knowledge sharing and Yahoo Answers: Everyone knows something In particular, this image (figure 4) is a great use of an innovative way of…
I am pleased to announce the return of our network overview, discovery and exploration add-in for Excel 2007 now called NodeXL. Please visit http://www.codeplex.com/nodexl for the add-in and the source code for the application. Key features in NodeXL: > Import data from existing…