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| + | Example of sites using aggregation | ||
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| + | '''Indymedia''' | ||
| + | Two platforms in use | ||
| + | 1. indymedia.org.uk - the national site | ||
| + | 2. local sites - different collectives use different systems so not all of the content gets pulled into the national site. | ||
| + | Was decided that all sites should be able to be pulled into the national site, and also potentially feeds from other sites. | ||
| + | One idea is to use Mir - this has already started. | ||
| + | Also idea to use another system. | ||
| + | Technical and political challenges (e.g. of political - if somebody clicks on a link from the aggregator, should the link stay on the national site, or should it go to the local site. Makes a big difference for when people post comments on one site but not the other.) | ||
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| + | Loops could be a problem - two sites pulling in each others feeds. | ||
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| + | How to moderate feeds - picking out the stories that are relevant. | ||
| + | Using 'trusted feeds' with higher prioirity. | ||
| + | Using filters similar to spam filters which learn over time what content you like. | ||
| + | Using Feed informer to create new metadata | ||
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| + | '''True Anthum''' | ||
| + | Commercial product that pulls in content and displays them on one page. | ||
| + | Not clear how it works - the makers don't tell people. | ||
| + | Thought that there's open source products that do the same - but not one product that does all of it. | ||
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===Dual Boot and Virtualisation=== | ===Dual Boot and Virtualisation=== | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 12 June 2010
Workshop Notes 2010 Barn Camp
aggregation
Some tools
Yahoo Pipes - does feedscraping Deri pipes - free version of yahoo pipes
vision on tv Feed informer - rss aggregator to output other mixed rss feeds
Example of sites using aggregation
Indymedia
Two platforms in use
1. indymedia.org.uk - the national site
2. local sites - different collectives use different systems so not all of the content gets pulled into the national site.
Was decided that all sites should be able to be pulled into the national site, and also potentially feeds from other sites.
One idea is to use Mir - this has already started.
Also idea to use another system.
Technical and political challenges (e.g. of political - if somebody clicks on a link from the aggregator, should the link stay on the national site, or should it go to the local site. Makes a big difference for when people post comments on one site but not the other.)
Loops could be a problem - two sites pulling in each others feeds.
How to moderate feeds - picking out the stories that are relevant.
Using 'trusted feeds' with higher prioirity.
Using filters similar to spam filters which learn over time what content you like.
Using Feed informer to create new metadata
True Anthum Commercial product that pulls in content and displays them on one page. Not clear how it works - the makers don't tell people. Thought that there's open source products that do the same - but not one product that does all of it.
Dual Boot and Virtualisation
Tips
Have a look at what is on your computer with a live start up like Ubuntu or Debian and use the application 'gparted'
We talked about what
For Windows and Linux dual boot - Install Windows first and the
If you want to change Grub options or get the master boot record to be Grub rather than linux then there is a utility called Super Grub Disk
Virtualisation
Virtualisation allows operating systems to run within other operating systems.
This is very useful especially doing testing.
Oracle make a machine to do virtualisation - Virtual Box This emulates a computer so you can have a lot of virtual computers running at the same time.