How to Analyze Twitter using Node-RED

Social media plays a significant role in our communication, which can be especially crucial during times of disaster. Every word, photo, video, and follower on Twitter can provide useful data and insight. However, historically, it has been difficult for computers to make sense of unstructured data contained within a social media feed. But with Watson and AI, we can start to make sense of this incredibly useful information.

In this workshop, we will use Node-RED and Watson APIs to do AI analysis of raw unstructured data in the hopes of gaining useful insight. Node-RED is very easy to get started with and is a great open-source tool for beginners who want to write and understand programming flow. We will use services such as sentiment analysis, tone analyzer, text to speech, language translator and visual recognition to gain meaningful information. We will also have an open discussion on how we can use this type of technology to benefit us during times of disaster and recovery.

By the end of this talk, you should be able to walk away with:

• Overall understanding of Node-RED
• Creating flows in Node-RED
• Analyzing Tweets with Sentiment Analysis, Tone Analysis, Language Translator and Image Analysis
• Deploying, Importing and Exporting flows

Please bring your Meetup RSVP Confirmation & ID to check-in

Agenda:

630pm - doors open, check-in, and get some food
645pm - round-robin introductions & get to know each other
7-830pm - Workshop
830-845pm - additional Q&A & networking
845pm - venue closes

Who is this event for?

This workshop is for both beginners, experienced developers, makers, tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and anyone who is interested in rapid prototyping or is just curious about flow-based programming.

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About the Presenter

Pooja Mistry (@poojamakes) is a developer advocate for IBM Cloud. She works on expanding the reach of IBM's technology to New York City's developer community. Her area of interest includes prototyping with NodeRED and working with AI services to build fun and interesting things! Prior to living in NYC, Pooja lived in Boston, MA where she was working as an API automation engineer in the healthcare tech industry. She mainly works in Javascript and Java, however, she tinkers with Python. She is currently passionate about Node-RED and building IoT applications using Node-RED services. She is a strong believer in helping new technologist get up and running with technology and feel confident in their abilities to make!