Weeknotes – Plugins and bits

I spent some of this week working on Gephi plugins.

After a conversation with a colleague, I started porting the Image Preview plugin to the latest version. I thought of doing this earlier this year, but no direct need. I did use some AI help for some of the Java an the port. Next up is testing on actual Gephi instance with some data to see how the port works and then share with others.

I also worked on an idea called Sonic Bridge, which draws on the concept from an article (link to come), that shows audio within a network. It is like the Image Preview plugin but for sound. I appear to have a working and building project, but it needs testing on an actual instance.

Last up, I created a piece for the DISKAH app studies project. My Python software works on servers and my laptop – next up HPC. However, I do not have a visual interface for now – so I worked on an AppStudies plugin. This works to import the files and create a network. I have a tool that enables a reading of the metadata and a Sankey graph that will need more testing with the processed data.

I also set up the Leviathan’s Ear webpage and event site for the event on the 7th July.

I gave a paper on sound in programming languages at the King’s Digital Conference.

Next week will be the Digital Humanities RSE event.


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