Tweetscore: Contextual Scoring

Twitter is not exactly the end-all-be-all of intelligent conversations. While I used it regularly to connect with colleagues and organize projects and events, I still have to admit that the vast majority of traffic is blubber. That said, there are some interesting aspects of Twitter for those interested in data analysis. Tweetscore is an exploration of some of those aspects. @Tweetscore is a web application...

I Am Programmer, Hear Me Roar!

I’m John Metta, a programmer, a hydrologist, an anthropologist, and an all around friendly guy (except when I have to program in Visual Basic… <shudder>… it just makes my inside bits go all wonky! Like when eating sauerkraut) I Like Doing Stuff! …like programming stuff! I’ve been programming for 20+ years. No, really! I really dig on programming tools that let you deal with complex data...