Another statistical analysis of the NYT wedding section, looking at the occurrence frequency of certain characteristics in the NYT wedding announcements relative to their occurrence in the general population: <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/12/odds-getting-new-york-times-wedding-section/45440" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/12/odds-ge...</a>.<p>You can clearly see the recent tech boom by searching "Google," "Facebook," "Twitter," and "Apple" <a href="http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=facebook%2C%20google%2C%20twitter%2C%20apple&s=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=facebook%2C%20google%2C%2...</a>.<p>The key takeaway here is Google:<p>Google has raced ahead of establishment NY law firms: <a href="http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=wachtell%2C%20cravath%2C%20cromwell%2C%20wardwell%2C%20skadden%2C%20google&s=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=wachtell%2C%20cravath%2C%...</a>.<p>Google has also recently overtaken top investment banks: <a href="http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=goldman%20sachs%2C%20morgan%20stanley%2C%20%20ubs%2C%20barclays%2C%20google&s=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=goldman%20sachs%2C%20morg...</a><p>Ditto for consulting: <a href="http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=mckinsey%2C%20boston%20consulting%2C%20bain%2C%20google&s=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingcrunchers.com/?q=mckinsey%2C%20boston%20co...</a>.<p>When do you think Google will start hosting a debutante ball in Chelsea?
Given how horizontally expansive RapGenius is trying to be (this is the first time I've seen NewsGenius, but I'm familiar with PoetryGenius et al -- there's an annotated <i>Iliad</i> that's pretty cool), I'm wondering if they'd be better off as a layer or a plugin as opposed to a stand-alone site. I'm much less tempted to visit the site for each individual story that pops up than I would be to peruse the annotations as I browse normally.<p>Either way -- stuff like this is a delight to read.
"This makes it possible to rigorously test our intuitions about trends like."<p>let me fix that for you<p>"This makes it possible to put numbers on our preconceived notions and play around with them."<p>It may be entertaining, but rigorous? I don't think so.
I am very surprised by the prevalence of "<i>was</i> graduated from". I have only rarely heard that in 'real life', is the NYT's style guide enforcing this usage?
Really interesting - how did you guys downloaded the 60K articles (is there an API i do not know about)? Also - what graphing lib are you using (I see it is not d3)?
I was expecting something more interesting, but that's probably because I like N-gram analysis, among other things.<p>This is how we do it (examples below are not weddings, but random topics):<p><a href="http://blogdotitrendcorporationdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/2013-04-18_15-52-08.png" rel="nofollow">http://blogdotitrendcorporationdotcom.files.wordpress.com/20...</a><p><a href="http://blog.itrendcorporation.com/2013/04/10/social-media-on-microsofts-scroogled-ads-attacking-androids-data-sharing/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.itrendcorporation.com/2013/04/10/social-media-on...</a>
See also a previous scoring guide here:<p><a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6769919/matrimonial-moneyball" rel="nofollow">http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6769919/matrimonial-mone...</a>