[socialmedia] Hello social Gutenbergers

[Andrew Sly]

Project Gutenberg only saves downloaded records for 30 days. We don't keep
any older than that.

--Andrew

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:13 PM Joshua Preston via socialmedia <
socialmedia at lists.pglaf.org> wrote:

> Good stuff. So all the data work will be predicated on Project Gutenberg
> books and what data for each book is available. Having that upfront lets us
> discuss the possibilities more concretely. I'm able to tackle anything of
> interest, but the engine of car, as it were, is your data, and I'll need
> that to get specific projects of interest up and running.
>
> Just to give you an idea, if I did anything on Baudelaire, the core focus
> is the specific ebooks Gutenberg makes available to readers (and a link to
> them to encourage readership perhaps). I can compare that list to the total
> works of Baudelaire by doing my own data collection from a reliable source
> (wikipedia has a table of his works). That would be the framework for one
> project. Within that small project we can talk about if you can make
> available the number of lifetime downloads or downloads over time of
> Baudelaire's work.
>
> I hope this clarifies how we might work together.
>
> cheers! Josh
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 6:29 AM Laura N <lnatal55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Josh:
>>
>> I will let you know as soon as I know about some special
>> dates/celebrations and so on.
>>
>> Concerning Baudelaire, there is the International Charles Baudelaire
>> Society (@Baudelaire-asso &
>> https://www.facebook.com/charlesbaudelaire.org) charlesbaudelaire.org
>> <https://t.co/7QTqMPRDIO?amp=1>. They are planning some special events
>> in order to celebrate his 200y's birthday. They are a better source of
>> information than Wiki.
>>
>> Last 7th April was the celebration of 250y of Worsdworth's birthday. The
>> media are still talking about it. Perhaps you could produce something
>> regarding his works.
>>
>> You are doing great work, keep going...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> Em qui., 11 de jun. de 2020 às 02:07, Joshua Preston <
>> photopartner at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hey Laura - thanks for the welcome. I like the brainstorming already!
>>> As to your question, no one likes the answer "it depends" but that's the
>>> answer, and it depends on....the data. If you have sufficient data and it's
>>> structured, I can do a basic chart in a few hours. Something more creative
>>> and design intensive usually takes a week or two, depending on scale.
>>>
>>> If there's something measurable and the data can be easily structured in
>>> a table (csv or excel) then that's when the magic can come to life for the
>>> visual data story.
>>>
>>> e.g. Baudelaire has a wikipedia page with all his works with publishing
>>> year included. We can use that as a jumping off point, but the question
>>> becomes, what do we measure? His downloads and available works on
>>> Gutenberg? That's a solid start, but can we go further and make it really
>>> creative? Greg and I talked about keeping things lightweight on both ends
>>> (mine and Gutenbergs), but if the data is there, the possibilities are
>>> numerous.
>>>
>>> As a passion project, I just completed this look at the 2019 Watchmen
>>> sequel. Love that story and I went in search of something to really let
>>> people dig into. This took about a month working on it on and off.
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>>
>>>
>>> https://public.tableau.com/views/watchmenwomen/Dashboard2?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link:showVizHome=no
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 12:05 PM Laura N <lnatal55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to our team Joshua!!
>>>>
>>>> In fact, there are always some celebrations coming up. How long does it
>>>> take you to make these interactive graphics?
>>>>
>>>> For instance, there will be a 200y celebration of Baudelaire's birthday
>>>> in April 2021. I know it is quite ahead but it's just an example.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>> Em seg., 8 de jun. de 2020 às 16:40, Joshua Preston via socialmedia <
>>>> socialmedia at lists.pglaf.org> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> *Intro to social media team: *Love the work you're doing at Project
>>>>> Gutenberg. As a fan, I'm creating interactive graphics to showcase books on
>>>>> Project Gutenberg. I'd love to, when possible, promote particular authors,
>>>>> works, celebrations (e.g. women authors in sci-fi), etc. through
>>>>> interactive graphics.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have something important or new you'd like to promote, and
>>>>> there's data I can work with on the website, I can look at creating
>>>>> something. I'll keep tagging Project Gutenberg in my Tweets
>>>>> (through @reignbooks account) and engage with the team when appropriate and
>>>>> based on your interest. Thanks a bunch.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Josh Preston*
>>>>> *678.231.0787*
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