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Free Life Science/Open Research Reports Hack Days – London 6-7 December 2011

Posted on 24/11/2011 by Mahendra Mahey

Between Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th of December, DevCSI will be running ‘Life Science Hackdays’ in London, the event is also being referred to ‘Open Research Reports Hackathon’, see http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/devcsi/life-sciences-hackdays/index.html . The event is being organized by: – DevCSI – Semantic Web Applications and … Continue reading →

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Dev8D 2012 Bookings Now Open

Posted on 21/11/2011 by Mahendra Mahey

DevCSI is proud to announce that we will be organising the fourth JISC-funded Dev8D in 2012. Remember this… This video shows just one of the great projects to come out of Dev8D 2011. We need YOU to make Dev8D 2012 … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Liberation – A worldwide competition for open software developers & open data

Posted on 06/07/2011 by Mahendra Mahey

UK Discovery and the DevCSI are running a global Developer Competition throughout July 2011 to build open source software applications / tools, using at least one of our 10 open data sources collected from libraries, museums and archives. Enter simply … Continue reading →

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Supporting Developer Success: The List8D Story

Posted on 18/05/2011 by Kirsty Pitkin

“We only hear from our users when things go wrong…” is a common complaint from software developers. But what happens when a team of higher education developers hear when things go right? The result is not just happier, more productive … Continue reading →

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Dev Challenge @OR11

Posted on 13/05/2011 by Mahendra Mahey

The DevCSI project is proud to announce that it is organising the Open Repositories Developer Challenge 2011 at the Sixth International Conference on Open Repositories in Austin, Texas - Open Repositories 2011 (#or11dev #devcsi). The Challenge is: Show us the future of repositories There … Continue reading →

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A view from the Collaborations Workshop – Rob Allan (DevCSI supported Developer)

Posted on 14/03/2011 by Mahendra Mahey

Posted on behalf of Rob Allan The DevCSI project sponsored a number of key developers to attend the Collaborations Workshop. We hear from one of these developers, Rob Allan (pictured right), who talks about his experience of the workshop. I … Continue reading →

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Dev8D Interview: Steve Coppin

Posted on 14/03/2011 by Kirsty Pitkin

Steve Coppin discusses the value of Dev8D and the DevCSI project to the work of his department, and why he considers the event a must to attend in the final instalment of our series of Dev8D interviews. You can also … Continue reading →

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Dev8D Interview: Iona Makiola & Lee Scott

Posted on 13/03/2011 by Kirsty Pitkin

Iona Makiola and Lee Scott discuss why they have come back to Dev8D and what they get out of the event from their unique, creative perspective. You can also watch this video at Vimeo.

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Dev8D Interview: Vishal Gupta & Remko Caprio

Posted on 12/03/2011 by Kirsty Pitkin

Vishal Gupta and Remko Caprio discuss why Elsevier supported this year’s Dev8D as main sponsors and issued a challenge to developers in this quick video interview. You can also watch this video at Vimeo.

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Dev8D Interview: George Kroner

Posted on 11/03/2011 by Kirsty Pitkin

George Kroner from Blackboard explains why he finds Dev8D so exciting and why Blackboard are keen to support the event. You can also read more about George’s practical contribution to the event by reading about his session. You can also … Continue reading →

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