Rugby, Software and JavaScript
From the Blog
Focusing on just two things this week. Analysing social media data around sports events and software.
Temporal Network Animation of #WALvENG Discussions on Mastodon
I’m not massively into watching sports as I would mutch rather participate in them, however, I do like analysing data. I thought I would take a look at the reply networks around generic hashtags during the Wales vs England rugby match on Mastodon. The results are interesting as you can dee how users of different regional instances interact with each other.
Top 5 Software I Use For Data Science Projects Everyday
There is a lot of software that I have used over my few years as an academic / researcher, But very few I use on a daily basis. Here, I list my top five most used pieces of software for working with data.
What I’m Learning This Week
This week I'm learning a little more about how to use JavaScript, more specifically, Node.js. I’ve only ever really come into contact with JavaScript from a front-end perfect as I’ve done loads of web development stuff before. I feel like the obvious next step is to pick up Node.js and learn something new like Express.