Visualize your Social Network
Now that I’ve established myself on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter I set out to find an application that could create a visual interpretation of my social networks. To date I cannot find one single application capable of integrating connections across various social networks but I did find Nexus, Friend Wheel, and Twitter Browser.
Nexus is a Facebook application that creates a graph showing how you and your friends are connected. As with most Facebook applications the setup is easy and once complete the fun begins.
You can choose a radial or spring graph and either white or black background.
Mouse over a node and the individuals Facebook image and all shared contact are displayed. The graph really makes it easy to analyze your network and identify where separate clusters merge.
Friend Wheel is another Facebook application. It is not as dynamic but the colors are vibrant.
It creates a static image of your network relationships and a flash version that shows connection with a mouse over.
Twitter Browser is a web based application that uses your Twitter alias to create a very dynamic display that you can browse by selecting a node. Each time you select a node their connections are displayed. It only shows 16 connections which seem to be chosen at random since mine where not the newest or most active ones.
All good fun but I’m still looking for the application that can do it all.
