http:\/\/www.textwrangler.com\/products\/textwrangler<\/a><\/p>\nFirefox. I\u2019m still a fan. https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/products\/ Get your files online with FireFTP a Firefox add on. https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/fireftp\/<\/p>\n
Google FusionTables (part of GoogleDrive: http:\/\/drive.google.com\/ ): fastest way to make a map. Free, but of course they\u2019re using your data somehow.<\/p>\n
OpenStreetMap Nominatim: https:\/\/nominatim.openstreetmap.org\/ . Can use this to return longitude and latitude for specific addresses.<\/p>\n
Raw: vector graphics data visualizations. Cool, easy.
\nhttp:\/\/raw.densitydesign.org\/<\/p>\n
Voyant: visualize a corpus of text (word cloud, word counts, and other statistics): http:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/<\/p>\n
Gephi: open source network visualization platform. A little creaky, but hopefully will get an update soon. https:\/\/gephi.github.io\/<\/p>\n
Medialab Tools: essential for network charts and Gephi.
\nhttp:\/\/tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr\/
\nTable 2 Net (convert CSV files to network tables via an easy interface)
\nSigma.js: Gephi Plugin creates interactive network charts you can post online<\/p>\n
Zotero: free, and almost free, citation management platform. http:\/\/zotero.org<\/p>\n
Omeka: free and open source platform for building collections and exhibits of digital objects. Based on WordPress, but with greater specification of metadata. Lots of history\/humanities specific plug-ins. http:\/\/omeka.org\/<\/p>\n
WordPress.org: the downloadable version of widely used blogging platform. Not as much metadata specification as Omeka. Easier to get started. https:\/\/wordpress.org\/<\/p>\n
Information Sharing and Project Tracking: If you are collaborating with other people, the hardest part is often keeping track of tasks\/goals. Some useful tools: GoogleDocs and Sheets (free and easy to share); Evernote (more elegant, paid version necessary for off line work); Basecamp: lots of tools for project tracking, reminders for deadlines, etc. Probably will have to pay for it if you really want to use all the features.<\/p>\n
Power Tools\/Pricey Tools<\/p>\n
Tableau: http:\/\/www.tableau.com\/ Suite of charting and mapping tools. Have free version.<\/p>\n
ArcGIS: Geographic Information System program, free trial, then $$. http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/features\/<\/p>\n
CartoDB: another GIS platform w\/ free and paid option: https:\/\/cartodb.com\/<\/p>\n
Social Explorer: http:\/\/www.socialexplorer.com\/ (Oxford University Press, paid service based on U.S. Census and other social data).<\/p>\n
Getting More Complicated<\/p>\n
R. Open source statistics and charting package. http:\/\/www.r-project.org\/<\/p>\n
Timeline JS: Makes illustrated timelines. Hosted version links with GoogleSheets: http:\/\/timeline.knightlab.com\/ Also can download source code to your site: https:\/\/github.com\/NUKnightLab\/TimelineJS<\/p>\n
Named Entity Extraction
\nStanford NER: free, runs on desktop and ids People, Orgs, Locations very well. Can be \u201ctrained,\u201d but that\u2019s beyond me. http:\/\/nlp.stanford.edu\/software\/CRF-NER.shtml
\nAlchemyAPI: free but proprietary, v. effective. http:\/\/www.alchemyapi.com\/
\nOpenCalais: http:\/\/www.opencalais.com\/home free and CC licensed, but they keep your metadata. Have not tried. Used by DocumentCloud: https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/home
\nOpenRefine NER Extension: free and open source. Uses other web services to id entities. DBPedia open source but not too effective. AlchemyAPI proprietary and very effective. First install OpenRefine\/GoogleRefine, then install the NER Extension: https:\/\/github.com\/RubenVerborgh\/Refine-NER-Extension<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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