The right level of detail (MediaWiki, APIs)

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    1. the right level of detail brianna@modernthings.org
    2. i ♥ web apps...
    3. (I use a lot of wikis)
    4. ...but...
    5. they're so needy!
    6. some web apps help users manage data well. the good:
    7. the bad:
    8. LinkedIn groups
    9. (why can't I get all group news in one email?)
    10. the ugly:
    11. this was fine when I read my wikis every day, but no longer.
    12. I need... filters!
    13. and... summaries!
    14. what kind of problem is this?
    15. usability
    16. user communication
    17. marketing
    18. user marketing communication usability
    19. luckily, we can build our own solution...
    20. ...because we have APIs!
    21. an example: MediaWiki.
    22. api.php mediawiki.org/wiki/API
    23. mwclient Python library for accessing MediaWiki API
    24. (affordable web hosting)
    25. mwfeeds.modernthings.org Filter feeds for only edits that add a new H2 heading.
    26. So instead of THIS:
    27. I can just have the items that add new topics. woot!
    28. (Pipes could probably do it too. No API needed.)
    29. pipes.yahoo.com
    30. Summary example on one of my favourite “occasional” wikis:
    31. so I want something like this:
    32. Hi! Here's what happened in geekfeminism.wikia.com this week. * 243 edits were made in the article space. Wow! That's 34 edits every day. * 22 editors were working this week. The top 5 busiest people have been Thayvian (131 edits), Skud (75 edits), Elky (9 edits), Hypatia (3 edits) and 78.105.109.196 (3 edits). Thanks everyone! * 77 different articles were edited, including 25 completely brand new pages. Woot! Top 5 articles this week: * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Ubuntero_gendered_name * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Trigger_warning * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_women_in_Open_Source And all the new articles: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Troll * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Concern_troll * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Stereotype_threat * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Defcon_comic_strip_incident * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Emasculation * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Dress_a_day_blog * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Concern_trolls * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman
    33. 30 minutes of hacking later:
    34. todo: generalise, hook into email/RSS, better faster stronger
    35. but really... how easy is that?!
    36. credits ● Title – CC-BY – jared - http://www.flickr.com/photos/generated/2056145757/ ● Mouth open – CC-BY-SA – bradleygee - http://www.flickr.com/photos/icanchangethisright/3690065403/ ● The good – CC-BY – pinksherbet - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/2160471914/ ● The bad – CC-BY-SA – yogi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogi/65938277/ ● The ugly – CC-BY – isforinsects - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sethwoodworth/2714717353/ ● Filter – CC-BY-SA – daveyll - http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyll/332723930/ ● Summary – CC-BY- Tom T - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scraplab/3195233814/ ● Digging – CC-BY – woodleywonderworks - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/3377221745/ ● Map mashup – CC-BY – caterina - http://www.flickr.com/photos/caterina/12204207/ ● Surprise – CC-BY-SA – bensonkua - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensonkua/2754312951/ ● Web logos and screenshots – most are copyrighted with all rights reserved. everything else is mine & licensed CC-BY-SA!
    37. thanks! brianna@ modernthings.org identi.ca/pfctdayelise brianna.laugher.id.au/ blog

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