Excitement Radar

An Email Visualization

An email visualization made using Processing.

Used as a project for the Spring 2013 CS 467 class at the University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign.

Instructions for use:

Using with the code:

1. Copy the folders "ClassifyWrapper" and "controlP5" to /libraries/ (in Windows this is usually Documents/Processing).

2. Open ExcitementRadar.pde with Processing

3. Copy a directory named 'inbox' containing raw email text files to the same directory as ExcitementRadar.pde (or the main directory)

   • Note that ExcitementRadar does not currently support subdirectories. The preferred email format is one which is similar to the Enron dataset emails

Using the Exported files:

1. Navigate to the directory pertaining to your OS

2. Copy a directory named 'inbox' containing raw email text files to the application's directory (.exe, .app, or bash file)

   • Note that ExcitementRadar does not currently support subdirectories. The preferred email format is one which is similar to the Enron dataset emails

To Run:

1. Hit Sketch > Present

2. Click the Play Button