Hi all, thanks for your comments and encouragements.
Jim -- you seem to be reading a lot into who I am and what I do. I merely deleted the post because it indadvertedly included my full name and I was not able to edit it. My approach to sociology is mostly qualitative and my current focus on Arabic language study, interview research design and country-specific knowledge means that I cannot dedicate time to learning Cypher in-depth at the moment. It will come in due time, once I have gathered sufficient data to do some serious analysis. In the meantime, Jean has been very helpful and I am going to use Linkurious to get started on building my database. Thank you all again! I might nag you with more questions once I'm a bit more advanced with my project. Best, Jean-Baptiste On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Jim Salmons <jim.salm...@softalkapple.com>wrote: > Hi Erik and Jean, > > +1 to you both. Sadly, judging by the deletion of the post that prompted > my reply, I think our community is more willing to help Jean-Baptiste than > he is willing to learn. There's that old saying about horses and water that > seems to ring true here. > > And congrats Erik on your can-do spirit. Good luck with your studies. > > --Jim-- > > > On Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:18:16 PM UTC-6, Erik Hanson wrote: >> >> Jean-Baptiste, I recently did an MA project using neo4j (graphing >> characters and elements of a video game), and I don't have much of a >> background in programming (I got my BA in rhetoric and poetry). I started >> my MA project using Neoclipse, but I found that even with a fairly small >> graph, things got really slow very quickly. It turned out to be much >> quicker to learn just enough Cypher to enter new nodes and relationships. I >> encourage you to try it out--just experimenting with things in a >> GraphGist<http://gist.neo4j.org/> may >> be enough for you to learn the elements of Cypher that you need. I can't >> claim that my own Cypher stuff was perfect or terribly pretty, but it was >> straightforward and did just about what you are talking about. >> >> If you're willing to give it a shot, I'm willing to try to help walk you >> through things. >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:40:32 AM UTC-6, Jean Villedieu wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> @Jim : +1, a deep understanding of the underlying tech behind data is >>> key. >>> @Jean-Baptiste : you should reach out, I'm sure we can help. >>> >>> Thank you Michael for mentioning Linkurious ;) >>> >>> Jean >>> >>> On Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:40:25 PM UTC+1, Jim Salmons wrote: >>>> >>>> Jean-Baptiste, >>>> >>>> I absolutely do not intend to sound negative, but as a PhD student in >>>> Sociology you will be in trouble in your career if you cannot distinguish >>>> between a graph database query language and "development and coding" in >>>> your mind. >>>> >>>> Michael gave you good advice about Linkurious, but that is not some >>>> Magic Bullet. You won't just crank up an app/tool (whatever you want to >>>> call it) and just do what you want in all cases. Sure, the obvious things >>>> will be covered. But do you think that your investigation will be limited >>>> only to what everybody else does? Probably not if you want to be known as a >>>> smart person who can bring new and non-obvious insights into your work. >>>> >>>> A big part of your career will be looking at and manipulating data. As >>>> a professional you will often have to provide the "glue" that gets your >>>> data into, out of, and between whatever tools you have available. Whether >>>> it is Cypher or some other means, you need to break your mental block that >>>> says, "I don't do coding." Years from now you will be thanking yourself for >>>> doing it sooner than later. >>>> >>>> Look, I'm 63 years-old and don't have to make the decisions you are >>>> facing now. But I am also smart enough (make that, have decades of >>>> experience to reflect on) to know that if I had it all to do over again and >>>> I were in your shoes, I'd be digging into neo4j with a passion and there >>>> would be nothing that could keep me from learning and growing my knowledge >>>> of Cypher (along with other things of that ilk). >>>> >>>> There is a famous scene in the film, "The Graduate," where a graduation >>>> party-goer leans over to Dustin Hoffman to give him career advice and >>>> whispers, "Plastics!" That's what I'm trying to do for you, Jean-Baptiste, >>>> "Cypher!" You do that, join this group, ask honest well-prepared questions >>>> that will get helpful timely answers, and you will be well on your way to >>>> carving a good niche (there's that social network stuff creeping in as >>>> #graphsareeverywhere) for you in your career. >>>> >>>> Good luck with your studies. >>>> >>>> Just something to think about, >>>> --Jim-- >>>> >>>> On Friday, February 14, 2014 4:31:37 PM UTC-6, Jean-Baptiste Gllpn >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm a Sociology PhD student. I recently found out about Neo4j and I'm >>>>> excited about its possibilities. >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to use Neo4j to manually build a database of a political >>>>> elite in a country. I'd build that database as I read about the country, >>>>> writing down new names as they come up and linking individuals as I read >>>>> about their particular patterns of interaction. >>>>> >>>>> To do that, I would need an interface that allows me to visualize and >>>>> input data rapidly in the network, as well as search between various >>>>> attributes of nodes. The basic admin dashboard in Neo4j doesn't allow me >>>>> to >>>>> do this quickly, as I can only search for node and relationship numbers, >>>>> but not their attributes. >>>>> >>>>> Let's say I create a node with the attribute "Name" as "Mr Jones", and >>>>> he gets the node number 121. Later on I find details about where he worked >>>>> or studied. I want to add these new attributes to the node, but it's hard >>>>> for me to find the node since I can't search for "Mr Jones" -- I need to >>>>> either know his node number by heart or to visualize the whole network to >>>>> find him. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an interface / program that will allow me to interact easily >>>>> with Neo4j as admin? I tried Neoeclipse, but for some reason only the >>>>> relationships are loading, not the nodes, and I can't figure out how to >>>>> load the nodes or whether Neoeclipse is the right choice at all (it >>>>> doesn't >>>>> seem to be updated anymore?). >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks in advance for your help! >>>>> >>>>> Jean-Baptiste. >>>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Neo4j" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neo4j/8hsBIGtO4Ec/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Neo4j" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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