[socialmedia] Hello social Gutenbergers

[Joshua Preston]

On the top 100 page there’s a specific list for download totals over the
last 7 days. That’s where I pulled this from.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 9:57 PM Andrew Sly <andrewpsly at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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