[socialmedia] Hello social Gutenbergers

Fri Jun 12 18:57:41 PDT 2020

I believe all the download information on gutenberg.org is regenerated
every 24 hours.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 1:58 PM Joshua Preston <photopartner at gmail.com> wrote:

> The weekly report on Top 100 book downloads. I can update this anytime the
> website updates. If there's a particular day that works best for you, let
> me know.
>
> Let me know what you think. Cheers!
>
>
> https://public.tableau.com/views/ProjectGutenberg-Top100ebookweeklydownloads/Dashboard1?:display_count=y&publish=yes&:origin=viz_share_link:showVizHome=no
>
> Josh
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:40 PM Joshua Preston <photopartner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Andrew - Thanks for the info. I saw your time-based graphics on the
>> website and those work really well. I'm putting together a weekly bar chart
>> that will show most downloaded authors and books each week.
>>
>> I'll likely have that first thing every Monday morning. Would love
>> feedback, so I'll send it your way before finalizing. thx.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 6:48 PM Andrew Sly <andrewpsly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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