Tattler Starts Beta

Tiffany:

Today we announced the start of beta for our topic-monitoring tool Tattler.

Posted 08/27/2009 - 08:56

The Linked Data.gov Experiment

api, data.gov, Linked Data, open data, open source, RDF, semantic, Semweb, web 3.0, web services

Jeff:

As we usher in this new era of open data and government transparency by making raw data available to the public in platform independent formats on Data.gov, we could be overlooking one of the simplest and most sincere opportunities to show what the open data movement is about: Linked Data. Linked data is the key to connecting government data sets to other government data and external data sources on the web.

I am hoping to create interest for a community-led project to prototype an RDF enabled dataset for Data.gov and link it to other related data sources in the Linked Data Cloud.

Posted 07/13/2009 - 21:53

Why does Steve Gillmor want to kill my newspaper?

RSS, social media, twitter

Andrew :

Steve Gillmor, of the TechCrunch IT blog, advocates the demise of RSS and the rise of Social Media in it's place. But is this smart, and does it make sense?

Posted 05/14/2009 - 16:38

How to Enable Local SMTP Server (Postfix) on OS-X Leopard

in5minutes, leopard, mac, os-x, osx, postfix, smtp

Irakli:

The fastest way to send e-mails from your e-mail client (e.g. Mail) on OS-X is to use local SMTP server. You also need local SMTP if you are using your Mac as a development platform (say, for Drupal) and are testing some e-mail related functionality. Since OS-X Leopard is a powerful Unix system, installing a local SMTP server is not a problem. As a matter of fact, Leopard comes with pre-installed SMTP server (Postfix), we just need to enable it. The following quick tutorial, from the In Under 5 Minutes series, shows how to do it.

Posted 05/10/2009 - 23:44 // 9 comments

Drupal 6 jQuery in Under 5 Minutes

behaviors, drupal, in5minutes, javascript, jquery, localization, settings, tutorial

Irakli:

Drupal6 introduced new ways of working with jQuery, the primary Javascript library for Drupal. Unfortunately, the documentation for it is almost completely missing, which makes writing proper Javascript/jQuery in Drupal challenging for newcomers. This is a very quick intro for people new to Drupal or trying to migrate Javascript code from Drupal5 to Drupal6.

Posted 05/03/2009 - 17:00 // 2 comments

The Next VoCamp to be in Washington, DC

ontologies, semantic web, vocabularies, VoCamp, Washington DC

Liz:

In a few weeks the Washington DC metro region will be hosting our very own VoCamp. VoCampDC will be held at the end of next month, May 30-31. Sign up is full but there is plenty of space on the waiting list if you are interested in participating. Add your name to the list on the VoCampDC wiki: http://groups.google.com/group/vocampdc.

Posted 04/30/2009 - 08:42

Using Nodes to store Advance Help Topics

Advanced Help, drupal, modules

Erik:

A few weeks a go a colleague, Kelly, approached me about helping her use the advanced help module to insert contextual help on node edit forms. She was looking for ways to expand the help options available and make using Drupal just a little easier for first-timers.

Posted 04/24/2009 - 09:32 // 8 comments

Semantic Web Milestone: VoCamp in Austin

semantic web, VoCamp

Liz:

The movement to get to a more "Semantic Web" progressed further last weekend. The first VoCamp in the United States, and third ever, was held in Austin this past Saturday and Sunday. What is VoCamp?

Posted 03/30/2009 - 08:13

My SxSW Interactive 2009 Highlights

Liz:

This was my first year at SxSW Interactive and it lived up to my expectations. Here are some of the highlights.

Posted 03/19/2009 - 19:45

Counting the Days until SXSW Interactive!

sxswi

Liz:

SXSW Interactive begins this Friday in Austin, Texas. I can't wait to get there!

Posted 03/10/2009 - 13:59 // 1 comment