Posts tagged with code4lib

gtfo: get the foaf out

April 23rd, 2009

Leading up to the Linked Data pre-conf at cod4lib09 there were several irc discussions around just how to structure the day and what could we do to give attendees the best shot at having an “ah-ha moment”. One idea was to create a simple application that would demonstrate the potential of linked data while also being participatory. I think it took Ed Summers less than 24 hours to hack together the first iteration of the cod4lib2009 attendees foaf crawler/gallery thingy. He can usually be counted on for such feats of overnight engineering.

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Code4LibCon 2009: Timeline and IRC log

February 28th, 2009

To cut to the chase, I extracted the hCal events from the 2009 conference schedule and fed them into a Simile Timeline. I then linked each event to the corresponding slice of my IRC client log. If you want to take a look it’s here.

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