Conference abstract bi-grams – FOSS4GUK

I helped run a conference last week. As part of this I produced a wordcloud from the conference abstracts, although pretty it could have been more informative of the conference content. This blog post shows you how to make a network of conference bi-grams.

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Wordcloud of conference abstracts – FOSS4G Edinburgh

FOSS4G conference wordcloud of abstracts. Code included!

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