Seeing is believing and visuals are powerful. I’ve collected a few visualization tools for Facebook, news feeds, and Twitter to let you view networks and conversations at a glance.
Mentionmap
Mentionmap is a web app for exploring the Twitter users and hashtags that mention your account most. The great thing about Mentionmap is that it is interactive which allows you to be able to drill down within your network to connect with people or topics that are relevant.
Twitter Venn
Twitter Venn is a Venn diagram based on three Twitter search terms. The diagram shows how many times each term is tweeted a day and if two or even all of the keywords are mentioned in the same tweet it will show you how often those topics overlap.
The Health Tweeder
The Health Tweeder is a health specific visualization tool that displays the top discussed health keywords within certain Twitter networks. Once you click into a topic you are able to see all the tweets regarding that keyword. This is a great tool to monitor health trends and debates.
MSNBC Spectra
MSNBC Spectra is a visual newsreader that you can customize to your news needs. By sorting thought MSNBC topics and selecting the specific categories you are interested in, you are able to tune in to stories that matter to you. Visually this web app is stunning but it also provides very functional tools like being able to save stories you want to read later in your “newscollector”.
Friendwheel
Friendwheel is a Facebook app that shows you the connections you have within your Facebook friend community and it also shows mutual friends within connections. For a more robust and interactive version try Touchgraph.
Google Play
Google Play is a fun way to display your Google Reader feeds in a slideshow format. Each post is shown one at a time so this isn’t best for people with hundreds of feeds. However, if you tend to have a very visual collection of RSS feeds (photographers, food bloggers, craft blogs) this might be an ideal viewing tool for you.
Likebutton.me
Likebutton.me is a Facebook “like” aggregation site that allows you to see at a glance what your friends are liking on the web. While it isn’t completely customizable and searchable yet, it does have a few categories that you can browse through to get an idea of what’s liked right now.
What visual tools are you using?
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