Jamis loves digging through numbers and stats and generating interesting reports. One of the most fun is when he writes a script to summarize the Campfire activity in our main “All Talk” room.

Here’s a summary of stuff people have said and done in the room over the past 30 days:

away (said "bb15" or "bbl" or "brb")
   Ryan Singer               ::    32
   Jamis Buck                ::    26
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    23
   Jason Fried               ::    20
   Sam Stephenson            ::    16
   Jeff Hardy                ::    16
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    13
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    13
   Sarah Hatter              ::     3
   Josh Peek                 ::     2
   Matt Linderman            ::     1

back (started a message with "back")
   Jason Fried               ::    36
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     9
   Jamis Buck                ::     8
   Sarah Hatter              ::     5
   Jeff Hardy                ::     4
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     3
   Ryan Singer               ::     3
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     2
   Josh Peek                 ::     2
   Sam Stephenson            ::     2

backpack (mentioned "backpack" or "BP")
   Jason Fried               ::   284
   Sarah Hatter              ::   144
   Jamis Buck                ::   126
   Mark Imbriaco             ::   101
   Ryan Singer               ::    89
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    87
   Sam Stephenson            ::    62
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    60
   Matt Linderman            ::    40
   Jeff Hardy                ::    35
   Josh Peek                 ::     3

basecamp (mentioned "basecamp" or "BC")
   Jason Fried               ::   108
   Jamis Buck                ::    95
   Sarah Hatter              ::    78
   Ryan Singer               ::    54
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    53
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    42
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    21
   Sam Stephenson            ::    18
   Matt Linderman            ::     8
   Jeff Hardy                ::     3
   Twitter                   ::     1
   Josh Peek                 ::     1
bytes (# of bytes sent via textual messages)
   Jason Fried               :: 256829
   Ryan Singer               :: 163959
   Jamis Buck                :: 155861
   Sarah Hatter              :: 115837
   Mark Imbriaco             :: 115049
   Jeremy Kemper             :: 107844
   David Heinemeier Hansson  :: 107656
   Sam Stephenson            :: 65543
   Jeff Hardy                :: 39912
   Matt Linderman            :: 27447
   Josh Peek                 :: 17438
   Twitter                   ::   355
   The Earth                 ::    54

campfire (mentioned "campfire" or "CF")
   Jason Fried               ::    22
   Sarah Hatter              ::    16
   Sam Stephenson            ::    13
   Jamis Buck                ::    12
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    10
   Ryan Singer               ::     9
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     7
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     5
   Matt Linderman            ::     3
   Josh Peek                 ::     1
   Jeff Hardy                ::     1

commit (a change to an application was committed)
   Jeremy                    ::   205
   Jamis                     ::   160
   Jeff                      ::   154
   Ryan                      ::   147
   Sam                       ::   116
   Josh                      ::    82
   Mark                      ::    69
   David                     ::    23
   Jason                     ::    19

deploy (a change to an application was deployed)
   Jamis@pemba               ::    22
   Jeremy@geech              ::    14
   Mark@strongbad            ::     6
   David@envy8               ::     5
   Sam@mutton                ::     2
   Packagethief@julian       ::     1
   Sam@kid                   ::     1
   David@Envy-Air            ::     1

emote (surrounded a message in asterisks *like this*)
   Ryan Singer               ::    31
   Jamis Buck                ::    24
   Jason Fried               ::    15
   Jeff Hardy                ::     8
   Sam Stephenson            ::     7
   Sarah Hatter              ::     4
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     4
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     4

exclaim (an exclamation was made)
   Sarah Hatter              ::   136
   Jason Fried               ::   130
   Jamis Buck                ::    97
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    53
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    44
   Jeff Hardy                ::    30
   Sam Stephenson            ::    26
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    26
   Ryan Singer               ::    23
   Josh Peek                 ::     8
   Matt Linderman            ::     5
   Twitter                   ::     1

frown (icons, like :()
   Jamis Buck                ::   104
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     8
   Ryan Singer               ::     8
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     8
   Sarah Hatter              ::     8
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     5
   Jeff Hardy                ::     5
   Sam Stephenson            ::     4

gasp (gah! ack! ugh!)
   Sarah Hatter              ::    28
   Jamis Buck                ::    28
   Jeff Hardy                ::    10
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     7
   Jason Fried               ::     7
   Sam Stephenson            ::     6
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     4
   Ryan Singer               ::     3
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     3

get_real ("get real" or "getting real" was mentioned)
   Jamis Buck                ::     2
   Jason Fried               ::     2
   Ryan Singer               ::     1
   Sarah Hatter              ::     1
   Jeff Hardy                ::     1
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     1
   Matt Linderman            ::     1
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     1

highrise (mentioned "highrise" or "HR")
   Sarah Hatter              ::    66
   Jason Fried               ::    65
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    43
   Ryan Singer               ::    38
   Jamis Buck                ::    28
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    23
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    20
   Sam Stephenson            ::    17
   Jeff Hardy                ::    11
   Josh Peek                 ::     5
   Matt Linderman            ::     4
   Twitter                   ::     1

image (an image was linked to)
   Jason Fried               ::    51
   Ryan Singer               ::    19
   Sam Stephenson            ::    18
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    10
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     8
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     7
   Jamis Buck                ::     4
   Sarah Hatter              ::     2
   Matt Linderman            ::     2
   Jeff Hardy                ::     1

judo (the word "judo")
   Jamis Buck                ::     7
   Ryan Singer               ::     7
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     3
   Sam Stephenson            ::     2
   Jason Fried               ::     2
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     2
   Josh Peek                 ::     1
   Matt Linderman            ::     1
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     1

just (the word "just")
   Jason Fried               ::   310
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::   175
   Jamis Buck                ::   170
   Mark Imbriaco             ::   166
   Sarah Hatter              ::   158
   Jeremy Kemper             ::   145
   Ryan Singer               ::   137
   Jeff Hardy                ::    57
   Sam Stephenson            ::    48
   Matt Linderman            ::    40
   Josh Peek                 ::    26

laugh (the user laughed (lol, haha, heh, etc.))
   Jason Fried               ::   617
   Ryan Singer               ::   515
   Jamis Buck                ::   445
   Mark Imbriaco             ::   395
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::   359
   Sarah Hatter              ::   352
   Jeremy Kemper             ::   288
   Sam Stephenson            ::   195
   Jeff Hardy                ::   109
   Matt Linderman            ::    51
   Josh Peek                 ::    42

link (an external site was linked to)
   Jason Fried               ::   225
   Sarah Hatter              ::    77
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    68
   Sam Stephenson            ::    56
   Jamis Buck                ::    45
   Ryan Singer               ::    35
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    35
   Matt Linderman            ::    28
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    27
   Jeff Hardy                ::    20
   Josh Peek                 ::    11

need (the word "need")
   Jamis Buck                ::   105
   Jason Fried               ::    96
   Sarah Hatter              ::    66
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    64
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    59
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    56
   Ryan Singer               ::    50
   Sam Stephenson            ::    34
   Jeff Hardy                ::    23
   Josh Peek                 ::    18
   Matt Linderman            ::    15

negative ((bad|hate|awful|terrible|sad|suck|no))
   Jason Fried               ::   192
   Sarah Hatter              ::   102
   Ryan Singer               ::   100
   Jamis Buck                ::    96
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    81
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    70
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    63
   Sam Stephenson            ::    47
   Matt Linderman            ::    22
   Josh Peek                 ::    19
   Jeff Hardy                ::    17

online (total time spent in the room)
   Jamis Buck                :: 438h 36m 22s
   Jason Fried               :: 421h 46m 39s
   Jeremy Kemper             :: 349h  6m 58s
   Jeff Hardy                :: 343h 13m 36s
   David Heinemeier Hansson  :: 318h 12m 20s
   Sarah Hatter              :: 317h 36m 46s
   Ryan Singer               :: 297h 13m 48s
   Sam Stephenson            :: 245h 31m 42s
   Mark Imbriaco             :: 212h 10m 26s
   Matt Linderman            :: 143h 25m 39s
   Josh Peek                 ::  58h 31m 51s
   The Earth                 ::   0h  0m 22s

only (he word "only")
   Jason Fried               ::    71
   Jamis Buck                ::    65
   Ryan Singer               ::    63
   Sarah Hatter              ::    51
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    40
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    38
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    30
   Jeff Hardy                ::    19
   Sam Stephenson            ::    19
   Josh Peek                 ::    10
   Matt Linderman            ::     6

paste (# of code pastes)
   Sarah Hatter              ::   239
   Jason Fried               ::   160
   Jamis Buck                ::   108
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    95
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    75
   Ryan Singer               ::    56
   Sam Stephenson            ::    54
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    38
   Matt Linderman            ::    26
   Jeff Hardy                ::    16
   Josh Peek                 ::     4

paste_bytes (# of bytes sent via code paste)
   Mark Imbriaco             :: 97587
   Jason Fried               :: 96497
   Jamis Buck                :: 91502
   Sarah Hatter              :: 54554
   Ryan Singer               :: 41529
   Sam Stephenson            :: 23008
   Jeremy Kemper             :: 17157
   Matt Linderman            :: 12869
   Josh Peek                 :: 10484
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::  6635
   Jeff Hardy                ::  3708

positive ((good|nice|awesome|like|love|best|neat|rock|yes))
   Jason Fried               ::   608
   Ryan Singer               ::   456
   Jamis Buck                ::   269
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::   261
   Sarah Hatter              ::   222
   Jeremy Kemper             ::   215
   Mark Imbriaco             ::   165
   Sam Stephenson            ::   147
   Jeff Hardy                ::    82
   Matt Linderman            ::    67
   Josh Peek                 ::    47

question (a question was asked)
   Jason Fried               ::   568
   Sarah Hatter              ::   391
   Jamis Buck                ::   372
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::   364
   Ryan Singer               ::   301
   Jeremy Kemper             ::   265
   Sam Stephenson            ::   185
   Mark Imbriaco             ::   133
   Jeff Hardy                ::   101
   Matt Linderman            ::    75
   Josh Peek                 ::    37

topic (the room topic was changed)
   Jason Fried               ::     3
   Sarah Hatter              ::     1
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     1

total (total messages sent, of any kind)
   Jason Fried               ::  6274
   Ryan Singer               ::  3902
   Jamis Buck                ::  3548
   Sarah Hatter              ::  3181
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::  3040
   Jeremy Kemper             ::  2933
   Mark Imbriaco             ::  2493
   Sam Stephenson            ::  1922
   Jeff Hardy                ::  1035
   Matt Linderman            ::   563
   Josh Peek                 ::   397
   Twitter                   ::     5
   The Earth                 ::     3

upload (# of file uploads)
   Ryan Singer               ::   146
   Jason Fried               ::    79
   Sam Stephenson            ::    70
   Sarah Hatter              ::    66
   Matt Linderman            ::    35
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    23
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    22
   Mark Imbriaco             ::    20
   Jeff Hardy                ::    19
   Jamis Buck                ::    14
   Josh Peek                 ::     8

wink (icons, like ;))
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::    89
   Jeremy Kemper             ::    83
   Jason Fried               ::    36
   Jeff Hardy                ::    12
   Sam Stephenson            ::    10
   Sarah Hatter              ::     7
   Josh Peek                 ::     7
   Jamis Buck                ::     5

words per message
   Twitter                   ::    14.2
   Matt Linderman            ::     9.8
   Mark Imbriaco             ::     9.2
   Jamis Buck                ::     8.8
   Josh Peek                 ::     8.8
   Ryan Singer               ::     8.4
   Jason Fried               ::     8.2
   Jeff Hardy                ::     7.7
   Jeremy Kemper             ::     7.4
   Sarah Hatter              ::     7.3
   David Heinemeier Hansson  ::     7.1
   Sam Stephenson            ::     6.8
   The Earth                 ::     3.6