Archive for January, 2010



New Pinwheel network layout

I’m presently working on a chapter on Facebook networks for the forthcoming Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL edited by Marc Smith, Derek Hansen and Ben Shneiderman. Working with NodeXL has been a lot of fun. Since NodeXL does not have native facilities for importing Facebook, there’s not much to discuss for data collection. I [...]

Craig “Lazie” Lynch escaped from prison in September of 2009. Recently, he has become somewhat of an international spectacle as he has been posting some regular updates on Facebook. Some probably wonder, first, what is he thinking, and second, why are so many people interested in his whereabouts? As for why he is doing it, [...]