Counter is a visualization tool intended for processing chat logs generated by libpurple clients (e.g. Adium, Pidgin, Finch, etc.)
First and foremost, it's a toy for myself to analyze the chat logs I've accumulated over the years. Its secondary purpose is to allow me to explore various frameworks along way.
This was inspired by Nalsoft AIM Log Manager, which I used heavily in the early 2000s (though primarily for the logging at the time).
Phases of counter:
- revelio: the current active branch of the project in Cocoa/Objective-C
- lumos: written using wxPython (the idea of the app being cross-platform was appealing. The framework was interesting and fairly powerful but incredibly frustrating to package up and keep building reliably).
- incendio: written in Flex (interesting but didn't have the snappiness or native feel I was looking for)
- alohomora: written using PyObjC (the oldest, dogscience-iest version of this app)
Launch the .xcodeproj and build the app.
Draft screenshots as of 2015/01/25.
The 'quantity' screen (compare # bytes, msgs, or conversations logged):
The 'time' screen (compare the duration / time interval):
The 'skew' screen (who initiates the conversation more often?):
(Take a look in the screenshots folder for screenshots taken 2010/09/02 of the wxPython version, lumos!)