IBM and Social Data Analysis

IBM has a great article on social network analysis that is "first article in a series on collaboration, which is fast becoming recognized as an essential, yet often hidden, ingredient in working efficiently and effectively. This series focuses on tools and methods that can demystify collaboration and help IBM's clients harness its power."

The second article in this series concerns information visualization and social data analysis: "this group is diving very deeply into the data set. They are setting pattern-finding challenges, noting outlying data points, and making guesses about causal relations. Each person seems to be building on the findings of others, making the group extremely effective - all while having fun. Wattenberg refers to data mining through dialogue as social data analysis, a version of exploratory data analysis that relies on social interaction as a source of motivation."

For more info on social network analysis (sna) / social network theory (snt), please check out one of my side projects, the social network lexicon.