Synesthesia

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2008-03-06:

• A Conversation about Project Management and Social Media
  Dennis McDonald and Lee White
  project_management socialmedia socialsoftware
• Google Maps API Demo Gallery

  googlemaps

• BBC Podcasts as OPML

  bbc xml opml

• London is Free - Your online guide to free events in our expensive capital.

  london via:beatnic

• Kaltura - Creating Together
  colalborative creation of video artefacts
  mashup web_2.0 collaboration
• iSoton
  Good example of a mashup page on an institutional website to display the wider webview of the institution.
  mashups web_2.0

Technorati Tags: , BBC, Collaboration, googlemaps, London, mashup, Mashups, opml, Project_Management, social+software, socialmedia, via:beatnic, web_2.0, XML

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-09-05

• Creating a Personal Research Agenda:

  Keywords: via:mattmower, pkm, personalresearch

• You and Your Research:

  Keywords: RichardHamming, PersonalResearch, ImportantProblems, PKM

• XML Design Patterns:
  Develop effective XML documents using structural design patterns. Develop effective XML documents using structural design patterns.
  Keywords: xml, patterns
• BBC DMI project files now public:
  BBC DMI project files now public
  Keywords: BBC, DMI, DigitalMedia

Technorati Tags: BBC, DigitalMedia, DMI, Patterns, personalresearch, PKM, RichardHamming, XML

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-06-29

• EGeoXML:
  Extension to Google Maps API to allow (amongst other things) printable Placemarks.
  Keywords: googlemaps, xml

Technorati Tags: GoogleMapsMashup, XML

This mini-project came about because I had a need to give people route instructions for a party.

It’s easy to use Google Maps to set up a customised route by adding placemarks at navigationally-significant locations (see this example), and you can easily add instructions (including pictures) at each point (try clicking on one of the “map pins”).

However in the real world, there is nothing to beat having a list of instructions that each person can print out. I didn’t want to re-type everything into a separate document, so created a web page to extract the key information from Google Maps and present it as a tabular list. Editing the data in Google Maps is immediately reflected in the web page.

There are three key components which are described in more detail (including source listings) on the associated wiki page.

• The KML representation of the map
• A PHP script to pull down the relevant KML file, manipulate it by application of an XSL stylesheet, and create the resulting web page
• The XSL stylesheet

Assumptions and Limitations

• Assumes that the order in which waypoints are added to the Google Map is the correct navigational order. (this could be a real pain if you later needed to add an intermediate point)
• URL transform to get KML file is hard-coded
• Assumes that the only placemarks on the map are navigational waypoints

References

• A lot of the insight on manipulating KML came from Mark Mclaren’s Weblog
• The PHP code to manipulate the XML was heavily lifted from the Zend Developer Zone

Technorati Tags: GoogleMapsMashup, Mapping, maps, PHP, XML, XSL

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-04-20

• XML.com: Processing Atom 1.0:

  Keywords: atom, xml

• RFC 4287 The Atom Syndication Format:

  Keywords: atom, xml

• Python Tutorial:
  Introductory tutorial
  Keywords: python, development
• Dive Into Python:

  Keywords: python, development

• Open HTTPS URL Through an HTTP Proxy and Upload Multi Part MIME Data in Python:
  Shows how to securely upload a file using python script through a web proxy. Combines using ProxyHTTPConnection and ConnectHTTPSHandler by Alessandro Budai and MultipartPostHandler by Will Holcomb
  Keywords: Python, HTTPS, url2lib
• ASPN : Python Cookbook : urrlib2 opener for SSL proxy (CONNECT method):
  This small module builds an urllib2 opener that can be used to make a connection through a proxy using the http CONNECT method (that can be used to proxy SSLconnections). The current urrlib2 seems to not support this method. urrlib2 opener for S
  Keywords: Python, urllib2

Technorati Tags: atom, Python, XML

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-04-19

• Cleaning up iTunes plist XML:
  Two-pass approach - changing the iTunes plist format to a clean XML hieratrchy and then processing that
  Keywords: XML, XSL, iTunes
• GNU Wget - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF):
  Homepage for the GNU Wget project
  Keywords: tools/wget, GNU
• Windows Wget files:
  Windows builds of the popular wget tool
  Keywords: tools/wget
• Wget local copies of your online research (del.icio.us, digg or Google Notebook) - Lifehacker:
  More applications of wget
  Keywords: research, workflow, pkm, tools/wget
• Geek to Live: Mastering Wget - Lifehacker:
  Good review of practical uses for wget…
  Keywords: tools/wget, workflow, pkm
• Dan Bricklin / Ward Cunnigham Interview Podcast:
  Dan Bricklin interviews the creator of wiki
  Keywords: Wiki, DanBricklin, WardCunningham, podcast
• The Elements of Agile Style:Keywords: agile/methods

Technorati Tags: Agile, DanBricklin, GNU, iTunes, PKM, podcast, research, Tools, WardCunnnigham, wget, wiki, workflow, XML, XSL

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-04-18

• XML.com: Hacking iTunes:
  Including how to import the iTunes Library XML into C# native objects
  Keywords: xml, xsl, itunes
• XSLT script to generate album listing from iTunes XML:

  Keywords: XML, XSL, iTunes

• The Top 50 Productivity Blogs (most of which you haven’t heard about) | zen habits:

  Keywords: PersonalProductivity

• The IT Service Catalog Toolkit:
  PDF by by Musab Qureshi on establishing a useful set of Service Catlogues
  Keywords: ServiceManagement, ITIL, ServiceCatalogues
• Open Source Service Catalog Community (OSCC):
  The OSCC is dedicated to the creation, sharing and distribution of Service Catalog and Service Portfolio best practices.
  Keywords: ITIL, ServiceCatalogues, ServiceManagement
• Spiral Presentation Maps and Virtual Donuts:
  Nick Duffil’s ideas on using software mindmaps tools for presentations
  Keywords: Mindmapping, Presentations
• More about MindManager PIA (Primary Interop Assembly) Add-ins and .Net Framework 2.0 & Visual Studio 2005:

  Keywords: MindManager/AddIns, DotNet

• Building Upgrade-Safe Add-ins for MindManager:
  How to use the MindManager PIA
  Keywords: MindManager/AddIns, DotNet

Technorati Tags: dotnet, ITIL, iTunes, MindManager, mindmapping, presentations, Productivity, ServiceCatalogues, ServiceManagement, XML, XSL

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-04-16

• WikiMatrix - Compare them all:
  Comparison of Wiki software engines
  Keywords: Wiki, Tools, Software
• Comparing and Replacing Strings:
  using XSLT to compare and replace strings
  Keywords: XSL, XML

Technorati Tags: wiki, XML, XSL, XSLT

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-04-11

• Using PHP and XSL to Transform XML into Web Content:

  Keywords: XML, PHP, XSL

• Using XSL to Transform Google Earth (KML) and GPX to Google Maps API:

  Keywords: Mapping, XSL, XML, Web

Technorati Tags: Mapping, XML, XSL, XSLT

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2006-02-15

• Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode:
  Paper on the Sony root-kit episode by Alex Halderman and Edward Felten at Princeton University
  Keywords: DRM
• Online conversion tools for PDF:
  Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents to either text or HTML
  Keywords: PDF
• Knowledge hoarding:
  Shawn Callahan on knowledge hoarding - it’s all about culture, and a link to Max Boisot’s I-Space
  Keywords: Boisot, I-Space, KM
• XSLT Questions and Answers.:
  
  Keywords: XML/XSL
• SharpDevelop:
  The Open Source Development Environment for C# and VB.NET projects on Microsoft’s .NET platform
  Keywords: C#, Development/Tools, VB.Net
• XSL Concepts and Practical Use:
  
  Keywords: XML/XSL

Technorati Tags: Development, DRM, KM, Tools, VB.net, XML, XSL, XSLT