Archive for March, 2011

Linked Data API – JSON endpoints

For developers who are familiar and comfortable with JSON – I’ve gathered a list of linked-data JSON API endpoints, to provide shallow waters (that can still attract the most colourful of fish!) for linked-data beginners.
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Written on March 18th, 2011. 0 Comments

Organogram work on the BIS department website!

Another public appearance for my work, this time on the Business, Innovation and Skills department website.

Snippet from the site:

“This application is an interactive visualisation for government structure – running in real-time, directly from the organogram data provided by each government department.

Dan Smith is the developer. He wanted to help departments to more easily spot mistakes in their organogram data, and to provide an ‘explorer’ interface for the public, giving everyone an insight into the structure and responsibilities of posts within departments.

The next version of the visualisation will include the costs of each post.”

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Written on March 12th, 2011. 1 Comment

Installing memcache on Ubuntu 10.04

Another Linux guide, simply because I had to use a mixture of guides to get memcache working for me.
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Written on March 12th, 2011. 1 Comment

Installing WordPress 3 on Ubuntu 10 (Dirty)

After spending all day migrating stuff from server to server, finding that some servers were slower than others, trying out different server hosts etc etc, I thought I’d list what I’ve narrowed down to be the essential steps to setting up your own WordPress website (as well as your own server based in London) – for only £7.44 a month. Bar. Gain. Continue Reading →

Written on March 12th, 2011. 4 Comments

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Bathing Water Quality visualisation
SVG-based, linked-data-driven chart widgets
Linked Data API – JSON endpoints
Organogram work on the BIS department website!

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