Comments on: Online Information 2009 – A Twitter Timeline http://www.menarik.co.uk/2009/12/online-information-2009-a-twitter-timeline/ my kind of interesting Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Matthews http://www.menarik.co.uk/2009/12/online-information-2009-a-twitter-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Paul Matthews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:33:22 +0000 http://www.menarik.co.uk/?p=269#comment-573 Thanks! Good idea on the RTs. To make the XML I used this python script on the TSV downloaded from Twapper Keeper: <code> # Script to convert a twapper TSV to an xml timeline file import csv import xml.dom.minidom as dom twapFile = "../online09.csv" tlFile = "../online09.xml" twapReader = csv.reader(open(twapFile), delimiter='\t') tlTree = dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None, "data", None) tlRoot = tlTree.documentElement for row in twapReader: tlEvent = tlTree.createElement("event") tlEventText = tlTree.createTextNode(row[1]) tlEvent.setAttribute("start", row[9]) tlEvent.setAttribute("image", row[8]) tlEvent.setAttribute("icon", "http://www.menarik.co.uk/tweetline/twitter_icon.png") tlEvent.setAttribute("link", "http://www.twitter.com/" + row[3]) tlEvent.setAttribute("isDuration", "false") tlEvent.setAttribute("title", row[3]) tlEvent.appendChild(tlEventText) tlRoot.appendChild(tlEvent) tlOut = open(tlFile, "w") tlTree.writexml(tlOut, "\t", "\t", "\n", "UTF-8") </code> Thanks! Good idea on the RTs. To make the XML I used this python script on the TSV downloaded from Twapper Keeper:


# Script to convert a twapper TSV to an xml timeline file
import csv
import xml.dom.minidom as dom
twapFile = "../online09.csv"
tlFile = "../online09.xml"
twapReader = csv.reader(open(twapFile), delimiter='\t')
tlTree = dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None, "data", None)
tlRoot = tlTree.documentElement
for row in twapReader:
tlEvent = tlTree.createElement("event")
tlEventText = tlTree.createTextNode(row[1])
tlEvent.setAttribute("start", row[9])
tlEvent.setAttribute("image", row[8])
tlEvent.setAttribute("icon", "http://www.menarik.co.uk/tweetline/twitter_icon.png")
tlEvent.setAttribute("link", "http://www.twitter.com/" + row[3])
tlEvent.setAttribute("isDuration", "false")
tlEvent.setAttribute("title", row[3])
tlEvent.appendChild(tlEventText)
tlRoot.appendChild(tlEvent)
tlOut = open(tlFile, "w")
tlTree.writexml(tlOut, "\t", "\t", "\n", "UTF-8")

]]> By: Marydee http://www.menarik.co.uk/2009/12/online-information-2009-a-twitter-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Marydee Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:37:32 +0000 http://www.menarik.co.uk/?p=269#comment-572 Some of the tweets from marydeeo in TwapperKeeper will link you to the infotodayblog.com posts about #online09. Some of the tweets from marydeeo in TwapperKeeper will link you to the infotodayblog.com posts about #online09.

]]> By: Chris Wallace http://www.menarik.co.uk/2009/12/online-information-2009-a-twitter-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Chris Wallace Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:07:35 +0000 http://www.menarik.co.uk/?p=269#comment-571 Oh better still, count the RTs and annotate the original with the count Oh better still, count the RTs and annotate the original with the count

]]> By: Chris Wallace http://www.menarik.co.uk/2009/12/online-information-2009-a-twitter-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Chris Wallace Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:06:29 +0000 http://www.menarik.co.uk/?p=269#comment-570 Very nice Paul! I wonder if you could optionally filter out the RTs What did you use to convert from the tweet stream to Timeline events? Very nice Paul! I wonder if you could optionally filter out the RTs What did you use to convert from the tweet stream to Timeline events?

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