Comments for Semantic Web Technologies Blog http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog INF385T-SW, a graduate course at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Information. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on What I don’t get about so-called folksonomies is… by Semantic Web Technologies Blog » Blog Archive » major pizza budget http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=91#comment-80 Semantic Web Technologies Blog » Blog Archive » major pizza budget Sun, 07 May 2006 17:03:01 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=91#comment-80 [...] Here’s an amusing outline of a Web 2.0 business model. I think “research and development” is my favorite business unit. Hopefully this diagram will address the issues raised in this post. [...] [...] Here’s an amusing outline of a Web 2.0 business model. I think “research and development” is my favorite business unit. Hopefully this diagram will address the issues raised in this post. [...]

]]> Comment on Head Rush Ajax by dkim http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=201#comment-79 dkim Fri, 05 May 2006 18:44:02 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=201#comment-79 Why is it 'Rush' instead of 'First' for that book? ^^ BTW, 'Head First/Rush' series can be some kind of too verbose to non-native speakers, thinking Web 2.0 wih unicode & l10n for localization. To be a global service, culture may need to be taken into consideration too. ^^ Why is it ‘Rush’ instead of ‘First’ for that book? ^^
BTW, ‘Head First/Rush’ series can be some kind of too verbose to non-native speakers, thinking Web 2.0 wih unicode & l10n for localization. To be a global service, culture may need to be taken into consideration too. ^^

]]> Comment on Link to the Ajax project by dkim http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=200#comment-78 dkim Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:22 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=200#comment-78 Another demo, Google_personalized-home_like toy application will be introduced someday next week, after the final exam on Thursday~~~~ Another demo, Google_personalized-home_like toy application will be introduced someday next week, after the final exam on Thursday~~~~

]]> Comment on Head Rush Ajax by McChris http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=201#comment-76 McChris Thu, 04 May 2006 03:50:24 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=201#comment-76 I saw that book at BookPeople the other day, and I thought about picking it up primarily to learn more about JavaScript. I did think the layout was a little distracting, although their heart's in the right place. BTW, have you had any experience getting review copies from O'Reilly? I was thinking "Head First HTML" might be a good book for an RTF class I may teach, but I didn't want to shell out $40 just to check it out. I saw that book at BookPeople the other day, and I thought about picking it up primarily to learn more about JavaScript. I did think the layout was a little distracting, although their heart’s in the right place.

BTW, have you had any experience getting review copies from O’Reilly? I was thinking “Head First HTML” might be a good book for an RTF class I may teach, but I didn’t want to shell out $40 just to check it out.

]]> Comment on 5th International Semantic Web Conference by rcarter http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=187#comment-75 rcarter Mon, 01 May 2006 02:06:03 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=187#comment-75 If anyone needs a place to crash for this, I can hook you up. --Robert If anyone needs a place to crash for this, I can hook you up. –Robert

]]> Comment on bad TagCloud by rcarter http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=172#comment-74 rcarter Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:06:57 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=172#comment-74 I tend to think the latter. If you ask me, it looks kind of cool, but then I have little use for tag clouds as info seeking tools, so I don't much care if it's illegible. I'll grant that it would work much better as a useful interface thingy if, say, they used color or shading to make the words more distinct. But then again, there's that whole "all links are blue, all visited links are purple" rule... I tend to think the latter. If you ask me, it looks kind of cool, but then I have little use for tag clouds as info seeking tools, so I don’t much care if it’s illegible. I’ll grant that it would work much better as a useful interface thingy if, say, they used color or shading to make the words more distinct. But then again, there’s that whole “all links are blue, all visited links are purple” rule…

]]> Comment on Gregarius (RSS aggregator and tagger) by blewis http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=149#comment-73 blewis Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:58:33 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=149#comment-73 Hey Robert, the best source for Apache, MySQL, PHP installations that I have seen is this (below). It has been a while since I have looked at it, but as I remember, it has very good instructions and uses OS X type install, like other regular apps. Everything you want, and nothing you don't. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/webserverxkit.html Marc Liyanage (http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/) is also a fantastic resource for all OS X type packages. I sort of thought that he was the one who created the webserverxkit, not apple, but I guess his site was where I got older versions before I found that. In any case, check out webserverxkit for PHP,MySQL, Apache 2.x, as I doubt you will find anything simpler for OS X. Check out Marc Liyanage's site just because he has probably already done anything you might think you want, and described how to do it with better instructions than you realized you needed. Hey Robert, the best source for Apache, MySQL, PHP installations that I have seen is this (below). It has been a while since I have looked at it, but as I remember, it has very good instructions and uses OS X type install, like other regular apps. Everything you want, and nothing you don’t.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/webserverxkit.html

Marc Liyanage (http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/) is also a fantastic resource for all OS X type packages. I sort of thought that he was the one who created the webserverxkit, not apple, but I guess his site was where I got older versions before I found that. In any case, check out webserverxkit for PHP,MySQL, Apache 2.x, as I doubt you will find anything simpler for OS X. Check out Marc Liyanage’s site just because he has probably already done anything you might think you want, and described how to do it with better instructions than you realized you needed.

]]> Comment on I Don’t Know SSHit by rcarter http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=152#comment-72 rcarter Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:05:32 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=152#comment-72 To follow up: apparently if one wants to use the BBEdit shell utility, one has to install it from the BBEdit Unix Tools Folder. And if my copy of BBEdit 8 came with such a folder,  it's hidden in such a way that I can't find it... anyway, I think I've wasted all the time I can afford to waste for one weekend. Apparently, the designer of Gregarius just doesn't want his product used by anyone as technologically inept as yours truly. (One thing I did learn: "shell" and "Secure SHell" are two totally different things. So I guess the day hasn't been a total waste.) To follow up: apparently if one wants to use the BBEdit shell utility, one has to install it from the BBEdit Unix Tools Folder. And if my copy of BBEdit 8 came with such a folder,  it’s hidden in such a way that I can’t find it… anyway, I think I’ve wasted all the time I can afford to waste for one weekend. Apparently, the designer of Gregarius just doesn’t want his product used by anyone as technologically inept as yours truly.

(One thing I did learn: “shell” and “Secure SHell” are two totally different things. So I guess the day hasn’t been a total waste.)

]]> Comment on Gregarius (RSS aggregator and tagger) by rcarter http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=149#comment-71 rcarter Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:45:07 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=149#comment-71 I just got Brian Lewis to look at the Gregarius install instructions and translate them into terms that someone like me can (kinda) understand. Between what he said and the O'Reilly tutorials (from the links you provided) I think I might be able to make this work, thanks. I just got Brian Lewis to look at the Gregarius install instructions and translate them into terms that someone like me can (kinda) understand. Between what he said and the O’Reilly tutorials (from the links you provided) I think I might be able to make this work, thanks.

]]> Comment on Gregarius (RSS aggregator and tagger) by Travis Brown http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/Turnbull_Don/2008/fall/INF_385T-SW/blog/?p=149#comment-70 Travis Brown Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:03:40 +0000 http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385t-sw/blog/?p=149#comment-70 The prerequisites are about the same as those for WordPress: you need an Apache web server with PHP, and either MySQL or SQLite. Most non-Windows web hosts (i.e. most web hosts) provide these things and should give you information about how to use them. If you are installing it locally on a Mac, you already have Apache installed, and enabling PHP shouldn't be too difficult. Getting MySQL running will be more painful, but these instructions seem manageable: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/49">Apache Web Serving with OS X</a>. Having access to a server with PHP and MySQL is almost certainly worth a couple of hours of aggravation: applications like WordPress and Gregarius are generally fairly easy to install once you get to this point, and PHP code is fun to play around with. The prerequisites are about the same as those for WordPress: you need an Apache web server with PHP, and either MySQL or SQLite.

Most non-Windows web hosts (i.e. most web hosts) provide these things and should give you information about how to use them.

If you are installing it locally on a Mac, you already have Apache installed, and enabling PHP shouldn’t be too difficult. Getting MySQL running will be more painful, but these instructions seem manageable: Apache Web Serving with OS X.

Having access to a server with PHP and MySQL is almost certainly worth a couple of hours of aggravation: applications like WordPress and Gregarius are generally fairly easy to install once you get to this point, and PHP code is fun to play around with.

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