RSA Conference

2010-03-06T08:20:00.000-08:00

RSA is over. We learned a lot about clouds. We saw lots of appliances. But only now can the real lesson of RSA be revealed: "Who are the tweeters that tweeted the most?"

For starters, you can see the overall volume of tweet counts at http://chatterlytics.com/statistics.php?QueryId=35. As of conference close, we've seen 6,388 tweets with the #RSAC tag. There may still be a few stragglers telling the RSAC community "good night" or "see you next year". We'll skip counting them can call it a "rounding error." Those are pretty high-value tweets we're not counting. Oh well.

Next, let's do the rundown for the top 10 tweeters and re-tweeters. Woe to you who beat a company's booth-bots!

TOP 10 TWEETERS:

authorName	Tweetcount
TripwireInc (Tripwire, Inc.)	207
rsasecurity (RSA Security)	136
rsaconference (RSA Conference)	69
MichaelMrak (Michael Mrak)	69
cindyv (Cindy Valladares)	56
digiphile (Alex Howard)	53
dspark (David Spark)	47
attritionorg (attrition.org)	47
_Lumension (_Lumension)	41
HackThisOrg (HackThis)	40

One thing that you miss here is that until about the 3rd day of the conference, this list was dominated by twitter bots telling people to visit "booth #NNNN to get a sticker with the company's brand on it!" Now that people have had a chance to go to the bars & parties and then immediately tweet about it, the humans have taken the lead.

Next up: The retweeters! Here's the list of tweeters who had the least to say while tweeting the most:

TOP 10 RETWEETERS:

authorName	RETweetcount
HackThisOrg (HackThis)	40
rsasecurity (RSA Security)	36
wolfinpdx (Bryan Green)	27
computingnow (Computing Now)	23
bcaudill (becky caudill)	19
attritionorg (attrition.org)	18
TripwireInc (Tripwire, Inc.)	17
simonITdummy (Simon)	16
CSOexecsummit (CSO Executive Summit)	15
HartDanger (Hart Rossman)	14

Congratulations all you Tweeters & Retweeters! What an achievement!

Tracking the tweets for our Vegas convention!

2010-01-08T16:07:00.000-08:00

I had some fun with Chatterlytics this week in Las Vegas. The AT&T Developer Summit was our big developer outreach event. We made some major announcements about our network, our services APIs & devices on the network. We also worked to entice developer who are trying to decide which devices & networks they will build applications for.

Unfortunately it is challenging to gain insight into the audience's feelings about these events. Too often, attendees forgo feedback forms. People are unwilling to be too honest about their opinions when critiquing a presenter in person. Ironically, they will use Twitter to tell the world how great or poor your presentation was. Consequently, Twitter can provide insight that would be impossible otherwise. We specified an official hashtag for the event (#ATTDevSummit) starting January 4th & held the event on January 6th. I began tracking the hashtag on the 4th.

Twitter's search function is well suited for monitoring a conversation in realtime, but it is not easy to see the relationship of the tweets to a particular presentation. The tweets themselves are easy to consume, but correlating them to a particular event requires additional effort.

Chatterlytics provides an immediate recap of the event & can help give us some insight into the statistics of the conversation. It's also easier to read the tweets in this context because of the lighter font weight & presentation of tweets. Chatterlytics has allowed us to measure how successful we were in gaining twitter mindshare amidst the noise of CES & gave us a starting point to measure next year's event. If you have an event whose twitter traffic you'd like to evaluate, why not head over to our sales page?

Never Drinking Again & Hoping that Limbaugh dies.

2010-01-02T08:55:00.000-08:00

170 people tweeted that they're never drinking again after yesterday's hangovers. Interesting that the number is so low (considering that it's the entire set of public tweeters), but that's about a 560% increase over any previous day's tweet record for that phrase.

It's apparent that yesterday was a day of regret for many tweeters.

I also put up a trace for all the people tweeting their hopes that Rush Limbaugh would die. So if you thought "never drinking again" was fun, maybe you'll find this one interesting. For the record, I like him & thought this would be an amusing way to document the actions of the self-proclaimed "more compassionate" philosophy in our polarized society. I can get a lot more explicit with sql queries against the "limbaugh" data set. Let's start with the large dataset:

http://www.chatterlytics.com/statistics.php?QueryId=20

Now let's look at some raw data:
!!!!!! TWEET OF THE YEAR !!!!!! =====>@dreamhampton Rush Limbaugh doesn't deserve to die the same year as MJ. Keep breathing you fat fuk. link
"All I want to hear is that Rush Limbaugh is dead! I got up early. I've watched all day. Just DIE already." woman on phone in Odessa sbux link
"No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die. But they do want his doctors to fail," - TheFullGinsburg.com link
"The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare." link
"The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare."ace.mu.nu/archives/296448.php link
"The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare."ace.mu.nu/archives/296448.php link
#09memories The year Rush Limbaugh DIDN'T die, but lots of really young, cool people did in his place #sacrificedForConservativeSins link
#AC Some Want Rush Limbaugh to Die - As Rush Limbaugh was taken to the hospital with chest pains, the inevitable wh... http://ow.ly/16ffiO link
#fuck 2009....cuz Michael Jackson die but rush limbaugh still alive link
*Hoping for Rush Limbaugh to die.* link
10 New Year Predictions: #8 - Rush Limbaugh will die (PLEASE DEAR GAWD) we all gotta go sometime and he's overstayed his welcome with me link
@anahcrow Rush Limbaugh failed to die, that's about it. link
@Anomaly100 The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people That want his tax $$$ to pay for their #Healthcare! #HCR link
@AntwonDJones My goodness, the tolerance of you. Just die to Limbaugh????? That is totally disgusting link
@cdashiell Just broke our faith in the Good Die Young. #Rush Limbaugh link
@craiggasscomedy ~~> WANTS RUSH LIMBAUGH 2 DIE.http://www.twitter.com/craiggasscomedy/status/7254108418 link
@craiggasscomedy ~~>WANTS RUSH LIMBAUGH 2 DIE read here~~>.http://www.twitter.com/craiggasscomedy/status/7254108418 dems #p2 hypocrits #tcot hcr link
@EzKool I really don't think anyone is praying for Limbaugh to die - I loathe him - but I wish him well #prayforRush #p2 #tcot #tlot #gop link
@jrat_nunya I concur. Die limbaugh! link
@livefreeeeordie Remember when Limbaugh did that imitation of Michael J Fox? Limbaugh is a very evil man. You support evil. #tcot link
@Magic_48 Our liberal friends have shown their true colors here the last few days ... expressing their wishes that Rush Limbaugh would die. link
@ocicat_bengals All this because I don't wish for Rush Limbaugh to die or hate the Huffington Post? Not worth my time. link
@PatrickRuffini add me to that list you piece of shit! Rush Limbaugh should die a horrible painful death for what he did to this country. link
@Politicolnews : Just broke our faith in the Good Die Young. #Rush Limbaugh // How so? Confirmed the truth that the Evil Die Old. link
@rainbird352 he did die in my limbaugh fanfic though link
@Snooper1 @RushRocks :) http://bit.ly/8P3dL6 #tcot Full Video: Rush Limbaugh Press Conference from Hospital in Hawaii #DieRushDie LOL link
@SoccerSealUSA if we had Obama care the liberals running it would let Rush Limbaugh die beacuse he is a conservative. link
@thebighoot The people calling for Limbaugh to die are the same people who preach how tolerant they are to others. #tcot link
@Weirdodo I thought it was wrong for tweeters to say that Rush Limbaugh shoud die. I do not like Rush, but I would never wish him dead. link
@Weirdodo It was wrong for tweeters 2 say that Rush Limbaugh shoud die. I do not like Rush, but I would never wish him dead. /via @Koursey link
Ahhh ... the righties who rooted for Kennedy to die ... now upset over Limbaugh?: Tough shit assclowns ...Kennedy... http://bit.ly/5ZlSu1 link
Am I the only one who wanted Rush Limbaugh to die? :-/ link
apparently Rush Limbaugh is in the hospital. He might die, but i won't get my hopes up. link
aw man, rush limbaugh didn't die. Sadface. link
“The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare.” Anonymous link
♻ @craiggasscomedy: God, if you're still listening, can you have Rush Limbaugh die in the same hospital that Obama was born in? // LOL link
BAD NEWS: Limbaugh didn't die. :-| link
BAFOONERI! Rush Limbaugh dead at 58? Are the rumors true? Did Rush really die? (video) - Examin.. http://bit.ly/8LRI4D #tcot link
Biggest Disappointments of 2009: Limbaugh and Cheny didn't die. link
Can Rush Limbaugh die already? I need a reason to celebrate now that the holidays are over and my birthday is still weeks away. link
Caught some people off guard with this - Read it: Die Rush Limbaugh! http://ow.ly/RnCV link
celebrities who'll die this decade: Wilford Brimley, Willard Scott, Andy Rooney, Rush Limbaugh,Lindsay Lohan, Peter Frampton,Danny Bonaduce link
Check it out: Some Want Rush Limbaugh to Die http://bit.ly/4OJmfU link
Dammit, Rush Limbaugh is fine. Maybe I'll get lucky and Dick Cheney will stroke it up and die? A girl can hope. link
dammit. rush limbaugh didn't die. here i totally had gotten my hopes up that '10 was going to be limbaugh-free. link
Damn...I really dont want Rush Limbaugh to die. Superman needed Lex Luthor, 50 Cent needed Ja Rule & Obama needs that fat hatemongerin ass link
Dear #God, there are a few hours left b4 2010, it's not too late to show you truely luv #America #DieRushDie #Limbaugh. #tcot #gop link
Dear #God, there are a few hours left in 2010, it's not too late to show you truely luv #America #DieRushDie #Limbaugh. #tcot #gop link
Dear Rush Limbaugh, please just die more quickly next time. link
Dear Rush Limbaugh, remember, if you die this year, you don't have to pay the hated "death" tax #tcot #tlot #p2 link
Did Rush Limbaugh almost die last night or was I only dreaming? link
Did Rush Limbaugh die yet? link
Did Rush Limbaugh die yet? Oh, not yet. link
die rush limbaugh die...you made my dad a phenomenal ass link
Does anyone else think rush limbaugh is gonna die today? Damn 2009 link
For a second there I thought Rush Limbaugh was gonna die. Oh well, maybe in '11. link
gee, if Rush Limbaugh had only died we could really look forward to a Happy New Year. Come on fat man, give it up and die already. link
God, if you're still listening, can you have Rush Limbaugh die in the same hospital that Obama was born in? link
Goodnews for Rush Limbaugh. Drudge Report says it will be cheaper to die in 2010. Gives us something to hope for. link
holy shit. jenson button is being knighted and rush limbaugh might die? todays a good day! link
http://bit.ly/8P3dL6 #tcot Full Video: Rush Limbaugh Press Conference from Hospital in Hawaii #DieRushDie LOL link
I am fucking amazed by the stupidity of the world in which I live. Also, rush limbaugh didn't die :( link
I hope Limbaugh doesn't die. I hope he lives 4 many many pain ridden years. Hope his suffering is legendary, even in Hell. link
I hope Rush Limbaugh doesn't die yet, because it will only make us hear about him even more. link
I know I should end the year thinking good things, but I'm kinda sad knowing Rush Limbaugh didn't die. link
I like how the same ppl who got mad at what Rush Limbaugh says about Obama now think it's ok to want him to die. Smh...idiots. link
I really hope rush limbaugh doesn't die. link
If you hoped Rush Limbaugh would die, please read this. http://bit.ly/4Vqbx8 #tcot #rushlimbaugh link
In case anyone's cares, Limbaugh didn't die, even though he went to the hospital on my birthday. link
Irony = listening to Rush Limbaugh hoping people will die and cheering. Then getting #butthurt when it happens to Limbaugh. link
Is it too early to predict Rush Limbaugh will be the first celeb to die in 2010? link
is praying for Rush Limbaugh -- and hoping those who want him to die reap what their black hearts are sowing link
It's too bad that Rush Limbaugh is probably going to die from heart problems. I was kinda hoping he'd die in a fire. *sigh* link
Just because Rush Limbaugh is in the hospital doesn't mean I want him to die. But it would be fun if he was denied health insurance coverage link
Liberals don't want you to say "Hussein", yet they can say "Die, Rush Limbaugh, die!" #tcot link
Limbaugh says that not one thing is wrong with the American hc system but 45000 ppl per year die, that to me is treason (betrayal of trust) link
lmfao@this http://bit.ly/7flXur gays wishing Limbaugh 2 die im sure majority of these pep's r HIV link
lol im just seein someone replied to me sayin i wish rush limbaugh was the last celeb that would die in 2009...blah link
Loved Politico's headline on memeorandum "DIVERSE REACTIONS TO #LIMBAUGH" just above Althouse's post on Politico comment “I hope he dies.” link
My new years resolution is that Rush Limbaugh just die already. link
Nation relieved to hear that Rush Limbaugh will not die in 2009: he has chance to get estate tax break in 2010 link
New blog post: Die Rush Limbaugh! http://ow.ly/RnCV link
New Post: http://tinyurl.com/ycg7ktl - "The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare." link
New: Twitterers call and pray for Rush Limbaugh to die, live, not die, or all of the above http://bit.ly/5l5Sou link
news-"Rush Limbaugh recovering from chest pain" me-"aww man he didnt die?!" grandma-"aw Jo hes a very smart man"...... good lord have mercy. link
No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die, they just want his doctors to fail :-) link
No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die, they just want his doctors to fail :-) link
No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die. But they do want his doctors to fail. link
OUCH: “The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare.” http://tinyurl.com/y854s7l #p2 link
OUCH: “The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare.” http://tinyurl.com/y854s7l #tcot link
Please let Limbaugh and Palin die before the turn of the year!!!! link
Pray: Twitterers call and pray for Rush Limbaugh to die, live, not die, or all of ... http://bit.ly/8O02jJ link
Remember liberals, when you wish people would die, thats a lot different then when Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck & Hannity does it. link
Right wingers want Obama to die. Left wingers want Limbaugh to die. Maybe those on both extremes just need to fade away. #tcot #prog #hcr link
rt @dreamhampton Rush Limbaugh doesn't deserve 2 die the same year as MJ. Keep breathing u fat fuk. <-i rt this woman a lot for a reason. <3 link
RT- @tylermillage: So Rush Limbaugh can't say that he wants Obama to fail, but liberals can say that they want Rush Limbaugh to die? link
RT- @tylermillage: So Rush Limbaugh can't say that he wants Obama to fail, but liberals can say that they want Rush Limbaugh to die? #tcot link
RT-@LDoren-The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare. #rushlimbaugh link
RTdeadbirdz No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die, they just want his doctors to fail :-) link
RTdeadbirdz No one wants Rush Limbaugh to die, they just want his doctors to fail :-) (via @leff99) #fail link
Rush Limbaugh - Live or Die? I don't care, because I don't suck his ass like #tcot does. link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and enj... http://bit.ly/683YJe link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and enj... http://bit.ly/683YJe link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and enj... http://bit.ly/683YJe link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and enj... http://bit.ly/683YJe link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and enj... http://bit.ly/683YJe link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and.. http://bit.ly/6WOafb link
Rush Limbaugh -- Better Safe Than Sorry: When Oprah lost weight, this did not happen. Each time... Die soon and.. http://bit.ly/6WOafb link
Rush limbaugh can go ahead and die I dnt even give a fuck #2010shit link
Rush Limbaugh dead at 58? Are the rumors true? Did Rush really die? (video) - Examiner.com: Chicago Tribune (blog)R... http://bit.ly/57ArZj link
Rush Limbaugh dead at 58? Are the rumors true? Did Rush really die? (video) - Examiner.com: Examiner.comRush Li.. http://bit.ly/8LRI4D link
Rush Limbaugh dead at 58? Are the rumors true? Did Rush really die? (video) http://bit.ly/6kmq1R link
Rush Limbaugh dead at 58? Are the rumors true? Did Rush really die? (video) http://bit.ly/7iXdl4 #rush #politics link
Rush limbaugh deserves to die. #tcot #gop #limbaugh #dierush link
Rush Limbaugh die, just die (via @AntwonDJones) look at the hate that flows here! Hope you have a Happy New Year! link
Rush Limbaugh doesn't deserve to die the same year as MJ. Keep breathing you fat fuk. link
Rush Limbaugh had a heart attack? Thank God. Die. Now. link
Rush Limbaugh has 49 minutes left to die by my clock. link
Rush Limbaugh has heart attack; fails to die thusfar: link
Rush Limbaugh has said there is nothing wrong w/ America's healthcare yet there is a real possibility that Kyle Hicks will die w/i
5 yrs. link
Rush Limbaugh is a voice in the wilderness that will die just like all the other voices of hate that have died.http://tinyurl.com/ybxupbs link
Rush Limbaugh NOT Dead - Rush Limbaugh Did not Die http://bit.ly/6IyFnb link
Rush Limbaugh On Jerry Garcia: "Just another dead doper. And a dirt bag." -- (On the occasion of his death.). Hey Rush, please die, thanks. link
Rush Limbaugh Rush-ed to Hospital. LOL. Hope he dies. link
Rush Limbaugh went to the hospital with chest pains! That is awesome. I hope you die, Rush Limbaugh. link
RUSH LIMBAUGH WHY WONT YOU DIE? link
Rush Limbaugh's divisive vitriol is keeping the GOP splintered & weak, so I hope he doesn't die. Onward to 2010 (& a BAC of .2010 tonight). link
Rush to die Limbaugh. Wanda sky wished for your kidneys to fail not for the heart you don't have link
Scary thought - The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare. link
So are the ones wishing Rush Limbaugh would die the same who want govt mandated #hc? http://gourl.gr/bgw #tcot #politics #gop #healthcare link
So Farrah Fawcet, MJ, Patrick Swayze, Britney Murphey & Walter Cronkite all die this year yet Rush Limbaugh gets to live. 2009 fail. link
So the Taliban kill 80 innocent people, and Rush Limbaugh doesn't die... God is clearly still forsaking our species in 2010... link
So when they say Rush Limbaugh is in "good" condition, does that mean he's gonna die, or he's gonna survive? They should be more specific. link
So, Pigman Limbaugh didn't die, a horrific terrorist attack in Pakistan, and I have a hangover. Fucking way for 2010 to begin. link
The joke's on you if you thought Rush Limbaugh was going to die. If you're a black-hearted messenger of Satan, you're bound to live long. link
The left on Twitter, wishing Limbaugh to die makes news http://bit.ly/5g43g7 via @BlondHousewife Why am I NOT surprised by their reaction? link
The left on Twitter, wishing Rush Limbaugh to die makes news. http://bit.ly/5g43g7 link
the new yr started off with such promise, with rush limbaugh dying...but now that douche shows up on my tv...die rush, do America a favor.. link
The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people That want his tax $$$ to pay for their #Healthcare! #HCR #tcot #teaparty link
The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people That want his tax $$$ to pay for their #Healthcare! #HCR #tcot #teaparty=\ link
The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare. link
The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare. link
The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people who ask to control your healthcare. http://tinyurl.com/y854s7l link
thebighoot: The people calling for Rush Limbaugh to die are the same people That want his tax $$$ to pay for their... http://ff.im/-dF3kz link
there is still time for another famous person to die in 2009. I'm talking to you, Rush Limbaugh link
Tough choice ... Limbaugh or Cheney to die tonite: Lard Ass Limbaugh is nothing but a blowhard uninformed KKK membe... http://bit.ly/5VlcrO link
Very sad that Rush Limbaugh didn't die.. I _REALLY_ wanted him to be among the celebrity deaths of 2009.. http://tinyurl.com/yha4uhr link
WAS RUSH LIMBAUGH SUPPOSED TO DIE OF A HEART ATTACK? LIKE BRITNEY MURPHY AND SO MANY OTHER CELEBS IN RECENT HISTORY? link
who died. was it rush limbaugh. i hope it was because he's a bad personb #tcot #dierushdie #gladhegotaheartattack link
Why am I seeing so many of my compassionate liberal friends disappointed that Limbaugh didn't die? Why would you wish that on anyone? link
Why didn't U die dumbass?Rush Limbaugh,Obama's healthcare saved your ass...This time link
Why do Liberals hate other human beings? - TMZ poll if Rush Limbaugh Should Live or Die? (This is tasteless) #tcot #gop link
Why must Michael Jackson die while Rush Limbaugh yet lives? - http://galink.us/xa6dj/ #atheism link
Wingnuts prayed for Robert Byrd to die last week, but people saying the same about Limbaugh is taboo? link
Wishing Obama fails: Bad. Wishing Rush dead: A-okay. I don't get it.RT:@Zoerosee Rush limbaugh is in the hospital *rejoices* die fucker die link
Wow - more proff that hate mongers are ignorant. @Zoerosee Rush limbaugh is in the hospital *rejoices* die fucker die #tcot link
Wow... Rush Limbaugh makes the Pinko Liberals look like demons - http://search.www.twitter.com/search?q=%23DIERUSHDIE - #liberallove link
You can put money down that when Limbaugh is back on the air, he'll use this latest shit to rant against universal health care. Die, fucker! link

I cast my net.

2010-01-01T03:11:00.000-08:00

Some people use twitter to tell their folowers that they are "going to the bathroom."

I collect data about those types of people over here.

There are other people who use twitter to tell their followers that they are "never drinking again."

I am busy gathering data about them over there.

Finally, there are other folks who just can't stop chattering about "The Public Option".

You can learn lessons about them if you decide to click on this

Tracking Topics on Twitter

RSA Conference

Tracking the tweets for our Vegas convention!

Never Drinking Again & Hoping that Limbaugh dies.

I cast my net.