CMOA: Gulf Tower Project
Image source: Dave DiCello

CMOA: Gulf Tower Project

Software Development.

Ruby, Sinatra, Redis, Heroku, Sentiment Analysis, Instagram API

As part of the leadup to the Carnegie Museum of Art's Distant Feel Exhibit, the Gulf Tower, a landmark building in downtown Pittsburgh became a giant mood ring for Pittsburgh.

Using the Instagram API, I collected photos from across the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and analyzed them for their general mood. This was used to calculate a positive and negative score for the entire city.

This score was then used to create a giant data visualization using the lighting on the Gulf Tower.

For more information, see the CMOA blog.

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http://www.cmoa.org/CalendarEvent.aspx?eid=24954&cat=All http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/220463288/

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