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I created a site based off of the idea of Facebook Timeline, except for a professional player's career. It's called Player Career Timeline. It works for just
by xpose2000 14y ago
I created a site based off of the idea of Facebook Timeline, except for a professional player's career. It's called Player Career Timeline. It works for just about any NBA, NFL, MLB, or NHL player and the data goes back 5 years.
For example, LeBron James' career timeline: http://careers.fantasysp.com/player/nba/lebron-james/ http://careers.fantasysp.com/player/nba/lebron-james/
It works by aggregating thousands of stories over the years and assigns them to a specific player/sport. Then I monitor how users interact with the stories to formulate trends in his career. Each story presented in the timeline has a link back to the original source so you can read the full article.
I already had all of this data from my main site and thought it would be fun to use it in another way.
- AtTheLast 14y agoThis is really cool. The timeline helps provide some meaning to a players stats. Also, it's a great way to get a quick overview of a players career or recent history.
- Lorin 14y agoIs most of the system automated? How much hand holding is actually required while creating the timeline?
- xpose2000 14y agoIt's entirely automated.
- streptomycin 14y agoVery cool. Some infinite scrolling (like Facebook) would be nice.
- xpose2000 14y agoAgreed, I had originally planned to use infinite scrolling just like Facebook. Due to time restraints it had to be altered to what it is now.