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And now for something completely different… sensor journalism 2 Apr 2013 | 11:00 am
I came across a couple of articles which left me twitching with excitement over some new experiments which combine data journalism with the world of physical computing. I'm not sure if it would be cla...
Machine-learning – the final newsroom frontier? 26 Mar 2013 | 12:42 pm
I was fortunate enough to recently attend the recent Nicar 2013 conference in Lousiville, Kentucky (thanks to a generous bursary from Wits University) and my eyes were opened to some cutting-edge tech...
Sentiment analysis as a social barometer for journalists 11 Feb 2013 | 05:41 pm
I spent some time over the weekend fiddling with some code and a sentiment analysis API and looking at the raging #StopRape discussion on Twitter. Some months ago we tried an experiment using sentimen...
Sentiment analysis as a journalist’s social barometer 11 Feb 2013 | 05:41 pm
I spent some time over the weekend fiddling with some code and a sentiment analysis API and looking at the raging #StopRape discussion on Twitter. Some months ago we tried an experiment using sentimen...
Analysing the flow of social conversations with Python and D3 21 Jan 2013 | 10:30 am
There's a great book by Matthew Russell called Mining the Social Webwhich I have been reading for several months now. The book hits the spot for me on multiple fronts because I am interested in networ...
Analysing the flow of social conversations with Python and D3 21 Jan 2013 | 10:30 am
There's a great book by Matthew Russell called Mining the Social Webwhich I have been reading for several months now. The book hits the spot for me on multiple fronts because I am interested in networ...
SA’s Internet mystery: where are the missing millions? [map, data] 9 Nov 2012 | 04:54 pm
South Africa's internet numbers don't add up. Last week I was fortunate to get access to 2011 Census data in Pretoria for the release of the survey. While giving myself a repetitive stain injury pulli...
SA’s Internet mystery: where are the missing millions? [map, data] 9 Nov 2012 | 04:54 pm
South Africa's internet numbers don't add up. Last week I was fortunate to get access to 2011 Census data in Pretoria for the release of the survey. While giving myself a repetitive stain injury pulli...
My Access to Information Quest for neighbourhood restaurant records PART 2 23 Aug 2012 | 01:56 pm
A little over a month ago I filled an Access to Information request with the City of Cape Town asking for copies of health inspection orders for restaurants in my neighbourhood. You can read the origi...
My Access to Information Quest for neighbourhood restaurant records PART 2 23 Aug 2012 | 01:56 pm
A little over a month ago I filled an Access to Information request with the City of Cape Town asking for copies of health inspection orders for restaurants in my neighbourhood. You can read the origi...
