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In the most recent prior release of NodeXL we added new metrics that describe networks in terms of their number of components and the length of paths in those networks.  In this release we automate creation of histograms of network metrics.  It is useful to see the distribution of attributes like in-degree or betweenness to [...]

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Version 95 of NodeXL is hot off the compiler and we are pleased to announce several major features that create a social media network analysis dashboard.  From the NodeXL interface it is now possible to import networks from twitter, flickr, email, and a range of social network file formats.  Coming soon: support for more spigots [...]

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My colleagues Derek Hansen and Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland) and I have just finished the second version of our tutorial/manual for the NodeXL social network analysis toolkit for Excel.
The latest version of the tutorial Analyzing Social Media Networks: Learning by Doing with NodeXL is now available from the University of Maryland Center for the [...]

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The Communities and Technologies conference is holding its 4th meeting in Penn State June 24-27.  This conference gathers a range of scholars interested in online community, social media, social networks, and mobile social software.  A paper “Analyzing (Social Media) Networks with NodeXL” has been accepted for publication in the conference!  Congrats to my co-authors!

Paper Title: Analyzing [...]

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Last week’s NodeXL meeting focused on the coming work items for the next release.  Four major items are lined up for the next few weeks.  We may publish a release once a few of these items are complete.
> Legends and axes with scale marks for the chart canvass.
This is part of our larger work [...]

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New menu items have been added to NodeXL in the v.85 release made available today!
These “Visual Properties” features are part of a larger set of work items intended to make it easier to manipulate and decorate a network graph in Excel.
NodeXL recently crossed 8,000 downloads! Thanks to everyone for the interest and support for [...]

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Here is an updated version of the introduction to NodeXL slide deck.
2009 – Node XL v.84+ – Social Media Network Visualization Tools For Excel 2007 
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The slides will continue to update as we change the user interface and add new features to NodeXL.

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There has been significant progress in the NodeXL project!  We have just released version .84 that includes support for “schemes” that can set a collection of display attributes in a single click.  Along with updates to the menu ribbon, NodeXl v.84 is becoming a full featured platform for social network analysis in Excel.

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I attended a [...]

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My colleague, Eduarda Mendes-Rodriguez, recently demoed NodeXL at the Microsoft EU Innovation Day event in Brussels, Belgium.  She illustrates the value of network analysis in general with a social network diagram representing the voting patterns of United States Senators in 2007.  The results show the clear party-line clustering and the presence of a few fence sitters, [...]

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The on-going NodeXL project team has a few new milestones!
Recently NodeXL crossed the 5,000 downloads mark!
I will present workshops on the use of NodeXL  at International Network for Social Network Analysis “Sunbelt” conference in San Diego in March 2009 and Communities and Technologies 2009 in June at Penn State.  More interesting are the classes being [...]

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NodeXL is growing in features and utility along with its user base.
As we just crossed the 5,000 download milestone, it seems time for the next phase in the evolution of all software projects: t-shirts.
We need an image, logo, or design that best reflects the NodeXL project and we would like your help!  If you have [...]

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I am pleased to announce the return of our network overview, discovery and exploration add-in for Excel 2007 now called NodeXL.

Please visit http://www.codeplex.com/nodexl for the add-in and the source code for the application.
Key features in NodeXL:
> Import data from existing spreadsheets and other network analysis application file formats
> Import data from email reply networks on systems with Windows [...]

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