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Help file for NodeXL (v.172+)

A detailed help file describing each of the features and functions of NodeXL is now shipping in the project since version v.172. A detailed outline of all the topics covered is available: The help file will be updated as new features are added. NodeXL Excel Template Help File: An Overview of Network Graphs A Quick […]

Aggregate Overall Metrics Feature: Finding patterns in collections of many networks using NodeXL

Once you start creating and collecting network graphs you may find you can build a significant collection: hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of graphs may result from a study or on-going monitoring project. In a series of features in the NodeXL project we have enabled a workflow for constructing many social media network graphs [...]

A network guide to NodeXL features: The new NodeXL sample network (in v.159)

Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, (University of Porto) from the NodeXL team has created a sample network file that attempts to highlight the functions and applications of the social media network analysis toolkit. The latest release of NodeXL now contains this sample file: In this map nodes represent the major feature groups and functions in the NodeXL application. [...]

October 26, 2010 – Social Tech 2010 – San Jose, CA

I spoke at the Social Tech 2010 conference in San Jose on October 26, 2010. The event focused on social media technologies and practices in the business to business space. I spoke on a panel about the application of social network…

A collection of NodeXL images on flickr: How many kinds of networks do you see?

I am coming to understand what is interesting in any particular network visualization by looking at many network visualizations. Using NodeXL, I have made several maps of social media networks of people talking about several topics of interest from current events to conferences I attend. You can find a collection of them on flickr. I [...]

Latest version of NodeXL gains Web 1.0 Hyperlink Network Importer: VOSON “spigot”

+ This is a milestone for NodeXL! Prof. Robert Ackland from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI) at the Australian National University has created a data provider for NodeXL based on the VOSON (Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks) Project. With the VOSON Data Provider Plugin for NodeXL, you can now access [...]