Freelance Wikipedia, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap consultant and Wikimedian in Residence, from Birmingham, England.
Wikidata needs an open-source developer to make its geographical query results compatible with GPS devices and other geo-spatial tools. Here s why If you query Wikidata (the database sibling project of Wikipedia) for geographically locatable subjects (say, a list of accredited museums in the UK) the results are returned in a table. When the data has [ ] The post Developer needed to make Wikidata s…
Andy Mabbett calls on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services, to display publication dates in their previews of online news stories, to avoid people being mislead by stale news The post How Proactively Publishing Publication Dates Could Help Facebook Fight Fake News appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Flickr is a wonderful, cheap (or free!) way to store and serve images online. When you ve used a Flickr account for several years, it becomes a rich repository of historic media — a veritable treasure chest. I ve been trying to help a client (who shall remain nameless, to spare their blushes — and to preserve my relationship with them) [ ] The post Who Has the Keys to Your Online Treasure Chests?…
Andy Mabbett is trying to find out more about Charles N. Mavroyeni, a wildlife photographer who was active in Athens in the early 20th century. The post Charles N. Mavroyeni s Hoopoe appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett calls for operating systems to have a single user-dictionary per user account; or for applications to share user dictionaries. The post User Dictionaries a Fundamental Design Flaw appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett wants Brompton to help him take his Brompton folding bike to more museums and art galleries. The post Bromptons in Museums and Art Galleries appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett proposes "Four Stars of Open Standards" The post Four Stars of Open Standards appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett reviews the recent HASLibCamp (Health Science Libraries) unconference. The post HASLibCamp appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett calls for the open licensing of official videos of proceedings in the United Kingdom's Parliament. The post An open letter to Rupa Huq, MP, regarding official Parliamentary videos appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .
Andy Mabbett asks for your help, to compile lists of public art on Wikipedia. The post Documenting public art, on Wikipedia appeared first on Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing. .