State of the Union

February 19th, 2007

2006 word frequency

I’ve been working on some projects, at the pace my work and family obligations allow, and have found some pretty cool stuff out there. Related to the HTML Grapher I found several months ago, though only tangentially, is State of the Union an interactive index of every State of the Union address from 1790 to present. Key words (excluding particles like “a,” “the,” “in,” and so forth) are tallied laid out relative to the individual speech being viewed and relative to the entire texts of the 217 addresses. Ladies and gentlemen, the state of this index is strong.

3 Responses to “State of the Union”

  1. Daniel Says:

    That’s pretty freaking cool! It amazes me that people think up things like that.

  2. Burrowowl Says:

    Oddly, the creator is teaching assistant at UC San Diego.

  3. Reddogzz Says:

    My online history teacher it so much that she sent a link to everyone who enrolled in her class!

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