[Air-L] suggestions for Twitter aggregating & analytic tools

Fri Sep 28 10:04:23 PDT 2012

http://140kit.com/

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Alexander Leavitt
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Shulman, Stuart <stu at texifter.com> wrote:

> DiscoverText has free and paid versions, academic pricing, access to the
> full GNIP fire hose, and now access to every Tweet in history.
>
> Stu
>
> On Friday, September 28, 2012, Deen Freelon wrote:
>
> > I just started using a tweet collection server called 140dev:
> > http://140dev.com/free-**twitter-api-source-code-**
> > library/twitter-database-**server/<
> http://140dev.com/free-twitter-api-source-code-library/twitter-database-server/
> >
> >
> > It's really quick & easy to set up on a LAMP server, and it drops all the
> > data into a MySQL DB for easy querying. It doesn't include any additional
> > analytics functionality I don't think. ~DEEN
> >
> > On 9/28/2012 10:36 AM, Pete[r] Landwehr wrote:
> >
> >> Heyo,
> >>
> >> Arizona State University has put together a tool for aggregation &
> >> performing basic analytics called TweetTracker. You'll need to check
> >> with Huan Liu at ASU if you want to set up your own install, however
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> pml
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Moore, Tony A (US - Glen Mills)
> >> <tomoore at deloitte.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Erica,
> >>>
> >>> I have listed a few options (not exhaustive) below depending on how
> >>> customized you would want your algorithm to be. The options further
> down in
> >>> the list will require higher level of effort but provide greater
> control
> >>> and specificity on the output.
> >>>
> >>> Clarabridge
> >>> Rapidminer
> >>> R (tm.plugin.sentiment)
> >>> Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) with Python
> >>>
> >>> larabridge is the only one that is a fully commercial product. The rest
> >>> of the options are open source solutions that need to go hand-in-hand
> with
> >>> some licensed packages. For example, NLTK is open source and free.
> However,
> >>> you will also need access to a lexical resource like SentiWordNet (
> >>> http://sentiwordnet.isti.cnr.**it/ <http://sentiwordnet.isti.cnr.it/>)
> >>> - this is free for non-profit purpose, may incur cost if we want to
> use it
> >>> in a client setting.
> >>>
> >>> There are free versions of R and RapidMiner that can be downloaded and
> >>> used, though using this might need additional coding.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Tony
> >>>
> >>> Tony Moore
> >>> Strategy, Brand & Innovation | Deloitte Analytics
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> >>> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:
> >>> air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Erica Ciszek
> >>> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 10:13 AM
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> >>> Subject: [Air-L] suggestions for Twitter aggregating & analytic tools
> >>>
> >>> Dear Colleagues,
> >>> I was wondering if anyone can suggest particular tools for aggregating
> >>> and analyzing Twitter content.
> >>>
> >>> What are the best tools for gathering tweets (by hashtags) and for
> >>> analyzing activity (by these hastags)? Appreciate any suggestions.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Erica Ciszek
> >>> Doctoral Student
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> >>> School of Journalism and Communication
> >>> University of Oregon
> >>> eciszek at uoregon.edu
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