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Mashups and APIs workshop

Some links we’ll be using in this weeks workshops.Flickr API Wolfenflickr Retrivr Compfight Notifyr Twitter StrawPoll CommuterFeed Microreviews Twistori Twittervision Other Newsmap Oh, and make sure you look at this if you’re doing assignment 2: We tell stories (21 steps in particular)

October 07, 2008 / Tutorials

Data visualisation workshops

Some links we’ll be looking at in workshops this week. We feel fine by Jonathan Harris Gapminder community; some serious data here Feltron; make sure you check out his annual reports to find some ideas for personal data sets Google charts; API for auto graph generation Google trends; start comparing some simple data sets Daytum

September 30, 2008 / Tutorials, Data Visualisation

Workshop 3: Web 2.0 & Social Media

This week we’ll have a closer look at some ‘Web 2.0’ services. Some of which just might come in handy for Production Project A: delicious. Intro to delicious here. Start saving bookmarks of sites or content that might be useful for Production Project A. flickr Investigate tags, save some favourites, look into photo groups and pools vimeo Explore some user content. Look into Vimeo’s channels, groups, albums and projects wikia Might be a good option for option 3. Your mission is to find great stuff on the net. It might be art, fashion, political commentary, film, music, a really innovative website. Find a common theme or thread. Start saving links, start sharing links, start making sense of it. Start organising it.

August 12, 2008 / Tutorials

Workshop 2: Read some feeds + Production Project A

Make sure you come to this week’s tutorial: we’ll be having a good talk about Production Project A.Some handy links relating to tutorial discussion: Yahoo Pipes: Networkedmedia Delicious: nmp2008Flickr: Beyond Reasonable Drought Beyond Reasonable DroughtWe will also be signing up to rss feed readers. If you have a google account google reader will be convenient. There are plenty of other options i.e. bloglines.Subscribe to the blogs and news sites you’ve been reading. And when you find a blog you like, make sure you subscribe. Soon you’ll be surfing the net like a demon. - Nathan

August 05, 2008 / Tutorials

Let's see your blog

Post a link to your new blog as a note below.If you have signed up for a blog and are wondering what to do next, try some of the following suggestions: Spend some time getting the know the platforms admistration/dashboard/customisation features. Learn how to add pictures, videos, links etc to blog posts. Write a blog post about why you chose your blog platform (blogger, wordpress, livejournal etc). Write a blog post about some of the blogs you have found that you really like, and why. Start customising your blog. Look at blogs that use the same platform to find features or widgets you like. Work out how to add them to yours. Pick a new theme or style for your blog. Start a blogroll (A list of links in your sidebar). Link to some friends blogs, or blogs that interest you. There are a lot of tutorials and faqs out there designed to help you along the way. Have a look, and ask your tutor if you’re stuck with something.

July 29, 2008 / Student blogs, Tutorials, Community