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7/14/08 5:10 PM

New embeddable graph styles

I have been working hard on making some more embeddable graph styles.  The old one was -ahem- ugly as hell. 

I have added a number of versions.  An html version (uses a simple javascript include to write to the dom) and a few static image sizes.  You will see a 'more embed styles' link on every graph drill down page (on the right hand module).

Img examples:




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6/19/08 6:52 PM

Fixed: Myspace Song Plays

There was a bug in the 'Myspace Song Plays' Data Source.  It has been fixed, so you should see data within a couple of days.
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4/11/08 10:23 PM

The meaning of life according to Google News: 86640

 We have had some long standing arguements about data integrity here.  My colleagues and other users often point out data on a graph that makes no sense.  I have always argued that we should provide the data we receive as-is, i.e. if google news provides the wrong data, then the graph will show the wrong data.  Until now we have not altered any of the data we received (I guess you'd say I won :) -- if only because I would be the one who would have to write the data-normalization code). 

Now, many of you will have noticed that the vast majority of google news graphs have gone haywire.  Google news is now randomly return the value 86640 for any query.  I think they are trying to tell us something.  I'm no numerologist, but I'm guess that 86640 is the meaning to life we have all been looking for.  As such, I have deleted all references to it, and you will never see it again.  You're welcome.

-Dustin
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4/1/08 8:12 PM

Introducing SGS - Simple Graph Syndication

One of our goals while designing trendrr was to make data both easy to import and easy to export.  We like webapps that give you the option to take your data elsewhere if you so choose--I.e. we hate lock-ins.  Above and beyond moving your data elsewhere we wanted it to be easy to develop applications with the data you are tracking.  I looked around for a preexisting xml standard that would work for our purposes, but I was unable to find something suitable.  What we came up with was sgs (simple graph syndication--big ups to rss :)).

The schema itself should be easily readable/digestable for anyone familiar with xml.  It provides all the data necessary to reproduce the exported graph.

Here is an example feed:


<sgs version="0.1">
    <graph>
<title>iraq (Number of Photos on Flickr)</title>
<createdOn>2008-03-26T15:09:07</createdOn>
<link>http://trendrr.com/public/graphs/376803</link>
<creator>dustin</creator>
<creatorUrl>http://trendrr.com/user/dustin</creatorUrl>
<graphType>overlay</graphType>
<graphScale>absolute</graphScale>
<timeFrameStart>2008-03-02T12:44:03</timeFrameStart>
<timeFrameEnd>2008-04-01T13:44:03</timeFrameEnd>
    <datasets>
    <dataset>
<dataSource>Number of Photos on Flickr</dataSource>
<lastUpdated>2008-04-01T02:55:58</lastUpdated>
<percentTrend>0.006306043062614326</percentTrend>
<dataStartedCollecting>2008-03-26T15:09:07</dataStartedCollecting>
<color>#D03E6F</color>
<input>iraq</input>
<legendText>iraq</legendText>
<renderType>line</renderType>
<invert>false</invert>
    <values>
    <point>
<date>2008-03-26T18:09:32</date>
<value>193735.0</value>
</point>
    <point>
<date>2008-03-27T22:51:47</date>
<value>193938.0</value>
</point>
 ....
</values>
</dataset>
</datasets>
</graph>
</sgs>




All dates are XML encoded

We are releasing the schema under a creative commons license. So you are free to use it without any fear.

The schema as it stands now only relates to time-series graphs, but it will be expanded in the future to deal with other types of data.  Enjoy.
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