Portland Data Plumbing User Group

September 22 Pubsubhubbub at pdpug

Dawn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:18:49 +0000

Pubsubhubbub is “a simple, open, web-hook-based pubsub protocol & open source reference implementation. Parties (servers) speaking the PubSubHubbub protocol can get near-instant notifications (via webhook callbacks) when a topic (feed URL) they’re interested in is updated.”

And it’s really fun to say. Try it three times fast: Pubsubhubbub, Pubsubhubbub, Pubsubhubbub. Marcus Estes has kindly offered to put together a demo for us. I hope to see everyone at the pdpug meeting to learn more about it!

Agenda
6:00 - 6:30: Networking and introductions
6:30 - 7:15: Marcus Estes on Pubsubhubbub
7:15 - 7:30: Wrap up and suggestions for next month’s topic

Logistics
Tuesday September 22, 2009 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Oracle 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800, Portland, Oregon
RSVP on Upcoming

Please use the tag #pdpug for Twitter messages, blog posts, pictures, etc.

About pdpug

The Portland Data Plumbing Group (aka pdpug) gives us a place to talk about RSS feed hacking, Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and other related technologies. We have monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Oracle office in downtown Portland from 6pm-7:30pm.

You can also join our discussions about Yahoo Pipes and other plumbing topics on our Google Group.

Learn About YQL: July 28th Meeting

Dawn — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:42:14 +0000

I know that we said you would learn about YQL (Yahoo Query Language), last month, but this time we mean it. For real. Seriously. On July 28th, Nate DiNiro will be giving us an overview of YQL, which is a little like Yahoo Pipes on steroids where you can construct queries that essentially select * from internet source. I’ve seen it used to do screen scraping for web pages without a feed and to pull data easily from various web services. It’s a powerful tool that is worth learning. We also have space for another topic, so let us know if you have something that you want to add to the agenda.

Logistics
Tuesday July 28, 2009 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Oracle 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
RSVP on Upcoming

Agenda for July
6:00 - 6:15: Introductions
6:15 - 7:00: YQL Overview with Uncle Nate DiNiro
7:00 - 7:30: Another topic??

Please use the tag #pdpug for Twitter messages, blog posts, pictures, etc.

About pdpug

You can also join our discussions about Yahoo Pipes and other plumbing topics on our Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/portland-data-plumbing

YQL and Gnip: June 23rd Meeting

Dawn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:02:17 +0000

In our June 23rd meeting, we will be talking about YQL (Yahoo Query Language), which is a little like Yahoo Pipes on steroids where you can construct queries that essentially select * from internet source. It’s a powerful tool that is worth learning. We will also be learning about Gnip, another powerful tool where you can access data from various web services across the internet and integrate the data together to use in other ways.

Tuesday June 23, 2009 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Oracle 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
RSVP on Upcoming

Agenda for June

6:00 - 6:15 Introductions
6:15 - 6:40 YQL (Yahoo Pipes on Steroids) by Uncle Nate DiNiro
6:40 - 7:00 Gnip by Ed Borasky
7:00 - 7:30 Other interesting discoveries and future agenda topics (all)
We will also be talking about whether or not we want to skip the July / August meetings and pick back up in September.

Please use the tag #pdpug for Twitter, blog posts, pictures, etc.

About pdpug

You can also join our discussions about Yahoo Pipes and other plumbing topics on our Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/portland-data-plumbing

April 28th Meeting: Tarpipe

Dawn — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:29:59 +0000

Uncle Nate DiNiro has volunteered to give us a demo of Tarpipe in the next Portland Data Plumber’s group. Nate will give us a quick orientation to get productive using Tarpipe’s email capability, show some of the monitoring benefits that it offers, and will briefly touch upon the REST API.

Here are the details about the meeting - don’t forget to RSVP on Upcoming if you plan to attend.

When: Tuesday April 28, 2009 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Oracle 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800

Agenda:

6:00 Introductions
6:15 Tarpipe discussion led by Uncle Nate DiNiro
6:45 Workshop: Have a problem? Want to talk about a specific tool? Break into small groups to help each other

As always, feel free to discuss various RSS feed hacking, Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and other related technologies on the pdpug Google Group in between meetings.

Open Source Alternatives & Work Session: pdpug on February 24th

Dawn — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:18:00 +0000

We’re looking forward to seeing you at the next Portland Data Plumbing User Group Meeting on February 24th! Here’s what you need to know for the meeting.

Portland Data Plumbing User Group (pdpug)
Tuesday February 24, 2009 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Oracle 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
Please RSVP on Upcoming if you plan to attend

Agenda:

6:00 Intros
6:15 Jerry (aka @b3gl) leading a discussion about open source alternatives to Pipes.
6:50 Work session. Bring your issues with Yahoo Pipes or other RSS feed hackery & we’ll pair up to help each other.

As always, feel free to discuss topics between our meetings on the pdpug Google Group.

Marshall Kirkpatrick on Video

Dawn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:56:40 +0000

If you missed last night’s Portland Data Plumbing User Group (like I did), don’t despair. We have something almost as good … video! A huge thank you to Bill Jackson for generously giving us a place to meet, recording the video and running the entire meeting!

Marshall also did a post with more information about his talk on his blog. He was also gracious enough to include a link to the slide show of links that he covered. If you don’t want to watch the video and would prefer a quick intro, he’s written extensively on this topic in this post, this post and this one.

Next Meeting: Jan 27th with Marshall Kirkpatrick

Dawn — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:17:19 +0000

Several of us have read Marshall’s How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic where he integrates data from many different sources and uses various plumbing tools to pull it all together. Marshall is a master of tools like Yahoo Pipes and Dapper, and it will be great to have him presenting at our Jan 27th meeting.

Details:
Jan 27th
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Oracle: 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
RSVP on Upcoming

We hope to see you there!