The chart I made was to show how the sale of albums in the U.S. has been dropping for quite some time now. I was able to find data on physical album sales from 2008-2012 in the United
Questions for the data guru?
Help Simon, how do I become awesome like you? 1.) Why is there a demand, now, for data journalism? What’s changed and why is this a new? 2.) Why did you think it was important to write, “Facts are Sacred?”
Where’s the Data, Twitter?
I’ve been called a “Twitter Guru” by several friends and colleagues, but I have always figured that to mean: “You use Twitter more than I do.” This is likely true, but I scoff since I am nowhere near old-man-on-a-mountain-top status.
Twitter Observations and Questions
As I’ve probably expressed to some of you in the class, Twitter is my favorite social media platform. Twitter gives us a chance to openly seek information we choose to read and people like ourselves. I feel Twitter is also
@smfrogers | The Privacy Paradox
The following questions are directed for our guest today, Simon Rogers. As I’m something of a louse and can’t stand to refer to people in the third person, I’ve written the questions as if they were being offered directly to him. I’m aware
To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
I’ll be honest: I only tweet when I’m forced to, either for work or school. I had to Google search whether or not AP Style capitalizes the “T” in tweet. I have another confession: I really can’t stand birds of
AFRICAN AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND MUSIC
My chart is about how the most popular genres within the African American community and how this influences the music industry. I looked at the most popular genres from 2010-2013. The data I had compared the number of streams, album
Festival Interactivities
I chose to do an interactive chart displaying the different number of attendants at three festivals taken place in Austin, Texas between 2011-2013. Interactive Charting After completing this project, I have learned a lot of new information that will
Top 4 Genres College Spotify Users Listen To
For my project I decided to go with the Study that Cindy shared on Facebook, the Spotify and Echo Nest joint “Top 40 Musical Univerisities in America: How Students Listen”. This study has various parts to it, so I chose
How Coding With Data Can Reveal a Surprising Story on it’s Own
I knew when I started with my data that I was taking a risk. Selecting something that was as niche as Austin area video game cover bands (of which there are only a few), really did limit myself with the