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1. GRAPH DATABASES WILL CHANGE YOUR FREAKIN’ LIFE ED FINKLER CTO
2. GraphStory.com WHAT IS?
3. I’VE GOT A DOPE VISUALIZATION FOR YOU DOGG This Effin Guy HEY I JUST DOWNLOADED D3.JS
4. GraphStory.com NO. INCORRECT.
5. GraphStory.com GRAPH THEORY AND MATH AND STUFF
6. GraphStory.com I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO MATH
7. GraphStory.com IT’S ABOUT DATA
8. MANY DATA Visualiza!on by Kim Albrecht
 h"p:/ /www.kimalbrecht.com/project/cosmic-web/
9. GraphStory.com BUT IGNORE THAT
10. GraphStory.com ZOOOOOO000M IN
11. GraphStory.com HOW DO WE REPRESENT A THING OR AN ENTITY OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
12. GraphStory.com RELATIONAL DATABASES USE A LEDGER-STYLE STRUCTURE
13. GraphStory.com CAN GET COMPLEX AND RIGID WHEN REPRESENTING RELATIONSHIPS
14. GraphStory.com LET’S TALK ABOUT [NEO4J] GRAPHS
15. GraphStory.com GRAPHS ARE MUCH SIMPLER
16. GraphStory.com THINGS ARE NODES OR VERTICES
17. GraphStory.com NODES HAVE PROPERTIES { KEYS: “VALUES” }
18. GraphStory.com NODES HAVE LABELS TO TELL YOU WHAT TYPE OF THING IT IS
19. GraphStory.com n:Person id: 1234 first_name: “Ed” last_name: “Finkler”
20. GraphStory.com NODES ARE CONNECTED BY RELATIONSHIPS OR EDGES
21. GraphStory.com RELATIONSHIPS HAVE A TYPE AND A DIRECTION AND CAN HAVE PROPERTIES
22. GraphStory.com n:Person id: 4321 first_name: “Griffin” last_name: “Finkler” n:Person id: 1234 first_name: “Ed” last_name: “Finkler” r:CHILD_OF created: 2002
23. GraphStory.com DOTS AND LINES ALL THE WAY DOWN
24. GraphStory.com IT’S SIMPLER
25. GraphStory.com IT’S MORE POWERFUL
26. GraphStory.com WHEN THE MEANING IS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS
27. GraphStory.com SOMETIMES DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS BUT THAT’S NOT HARD TO DO WITH RELATIONAL DBS PERSON A PERSON B
28. GraphStory.com SOMETIMES INDIRECT RELATIONSHIPS THIS IS HARDER TO DO TRAVERSE WITH RELATIONAL DATABASES ACTOR A ACTOR B MOVIE A DIRECTOR A MOVIE B ACTOR C
29. GraphStory.com ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU DIDN’T EXPECT
30. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT A TOASTER, LIVE IN KANSAS, AND HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD, USED THE COUPON IN YESTERDAY’S PAPER? NO. GET THE HELL OUT. This Effin Guy ASKING YOUR BACKEND DEV IF YOU CAN GET SOME NEW DATA OUT OF THE DB
31. GraphStory.com WITH A GRAPH, YOU COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF YOU HAVE ALL THAT DATA IN THERE, AND THERE ARE PATHS BETWEEN THEM.
32. GraphStory.com YOU CAN ADD MORE RELATIONSHIPS AS NEEDED AND STILL BE PERFORMANT
33. GraphStory.com EGOTISTICAL LIVE QUERY TIME
34. GraphStory.com CMD+TAB, SON
35. GraphStory.com GRAPHS AREN’T MAGIC
36. GraphStory.com GRAPHS DON’T SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
37. GraphStory.com IF YOU’RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS, THEY ARE REALLY NICE AND REALLY POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES SEEM LIKE WITCHCRAFT
38. GraphStory.com ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE MANY DATAS
39. WHAT GREAT DELIGHTS AWAIT YOU DATAS FOR FUN AND EXPLORATION ▸ GraphStory.com -> Free Trial (no CC!) -> Sample Data ▸ h!p:/ /neo4j.com/developer/example-data/ ▸ h!ps:/ /github.com/OSMIHelp/osmi-survey-graph
40. @GRAPHSTORYCO • GRAPHSTORY.COM @FUNKATRON https://joind.in/talk/1385f QUESTION TIME IS NOW