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Calendula

When the [rediviva] divas came to me to explore the idea of building a regional, public events calendar, I got all fuzzy inside. Not because I’m really interested in buggy PHP websites like I built for a prototype, no. I got fuzzy because this is something that could help many more people than just us. The outcome: Calendula The current prototype was built in a couple days leveraging Google Calendar. This is...

Rediviva Magazine

[rediviva] Magazine is a local arts, culture and events magazine in Hood River, Oregon. I’m the go-to guy for their technical needs, including web development. It’s not glamour, working on their website, but it is interesting. Any decent web developer would recognize WordPress and the Mimbo theme. That’s not exciting at all. What is exciting is the back-end development we have going on. From...

Tweetscore: Contextual Scoring

Twitter is not exactly the end-all-be-all of intelligent conversations. While I used it regularly to connect with colleagues and organize projects and events, I still have to admit that the vast majority of traffic is blubber. That said, there are some interesting aspects of Twitter for those interested in data analysis. Tweetscore is an exploration of some of those aspects. @Tweetscore is a web application...