For my music app idea, I want to users to be able to match their personality with a specific genre of music. Taking the form of a survey, respondents would be able to answer a series of question about their
Music where are you?
For one of our app projects finding where are friends or fellow twetters are jamming out at in Austin could help a user locate a concert they want to go to. One way could be using dots to show each
History from Spotify
For my music app idea, I played around with the Web API offered by Spotify , they allow access to artists’ history, followers, popularity and so on. I thought it would be interesting to have an interactive visualization with clickable genres
Where is the Rock Music in Austin?
During a conversation with Adelitas Way front man, Rick DeJesus, he explained why major rock and metal groups stay away from Austin. “Austin is just not a Rock n Roll town,” said Dejesus. With that in mind, my project would
Diversity in Austin’s Music Scene
As Austin undergoes shifts in the city’s industry and economic makeup, many stories have been written covering racial and ethnic changes that have been associated with these shifts. Lower income individuals and families are being forced out of the city as prices
Where The Wild Bands Are
With the NICAR conference still fresh on my mind (albeit, the conference turned my brain to mush, so maybe not the best time to rely on it), it feels like it would be a criminal act to not use some
Music Origin
As an idea for my music project I would like to see an application that analyzes people’s individual music playlist based on birth year. I was influenced by the NY Times’ “How Birth Year Influences Political Views” This data analyzes both
Where are you listening to?
My inspiration for this project come from the New York Times dialect survey from 2013, on of the most successful data journalism examples we have seen. I would like to have users take a survey about their favorite types of
The Amazing Zathura?
You can not surf your social media with out an invitation to find out your true age, http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/what-age-are-you-really#.dvXjvWrzw4 your animal spirit http://www.buzzfeed.com/geico/what-animal-were-you-born-to-be#.xx9vaQ5n81, or find your band name,http://www.bandnamemaker.com . Well this is no different, so here take a gander at your