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[lego] I have been playing with code (mostly PHP) for a couple of years. Below is a list of my past and current development projects, including the software that invisibly runs this website.

 


Flickr Group Trackr

2007-present • PHP, Python, Javascript, SQL

[fgt] [fgt] [fgt]

Group Trackr is a Web service designed to track and analyse demographic and activity metrics for public Flickr groups. It pulls data from the Flickr API° on a daily basis and generates analytic reports in a variety of formats. Graphs displaying recent group activity are updated on a daily basis and can be exported as widgets. Once a group is tracked, a detailed group activity report is generated with several performance indicators. Group growth data can also be syndicated via feeds or downloaded as CSV. The service includes an internal search engine and generates dynamic maps of the ’flickrsphere’ based on individual group metrics°. It allows group admins to register to the service in order to monitor the temporal evolution of their groups via a dedicated dashboard. The project started in 2007 and has been partly developed since 2008 within FP6 project PATRES° as a tool to obtain data for a series of empirical studies on online group dynamics. As of december 2009, it tracks the daily growth of more than 15K groups and counts 4K registered users°. It currently attracts an average of 30K visits per month and serves 30Gb of traffic per month. It has been featured in popular social media outlets such as Lifehacker°, Programmable Web° ("Best new mashup"), Yahoo! Gallery° ("Editor's picks"), Computational Aesthetics°, Flickrbits°, the Search Engine Journal°, and the Flickr App Garden°.

 

WikkaWiki

2004-present • PHP, Javascript, SQL, XML

[wikka] [wikka] [wikka]

WikkaWiki is a flexible, standards-compliant and lightweight wiki engine written in PHP and using MySQL to store pages. Designed for speed, extensibility, and security. Released under the GPL license. I contributed to the project as a developer (2004-2006) and since 2006 as project leader, coordinating a team of 9 developers°. WikkaWiki is among the most popular open source wiki engines°, it has a large userbase, a thriving community of contributors and a regular release cycle (2-3 upgrades per year°). It powers thousands of wikis in 37 languages° and is used as a lightweight knowledge management system by large companies (such as Apple, IBM, Alcatel, ABN Amro, HSBC), universities (including Harvard, MIT, CalTech, UCLA, GMU, ETH Zürich) and scientific consortia (such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility).

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IJN Library Management System

2003 • PHP, Javascript, SQL

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The IJN Library Management System is a software designed to manage the electronic catalogues, loans and users of the Jean Nicod Institute’s library. It features a browsable public interface to the catalogue, with search and filter options and a list of recent acquisitions; an interface to borrow and return books using barcodes generated by the system; a backend allowing the library administrator to manage new additions and users,generate barcodes for users and books, set automatic reminders and notifications via email; display general usage statistics. The system and its documentation were commissioned by the Jean Nicod Institute° in 2003 and they are currently still in use for the daily management of the library. As of December 2009 the library has a userbase of ca. 300 registered users and 2000 bibliographic records.
 


IJN Content Management System

2002 • PHP, Javascript, SQL

[ijncms] [ijncms] [ijncms]

The IJN Content Management System is a software designed to manage the database-driven website of the Jean Nicod Institute (Paris). It includes a backend that allows the webmaster to manage information about users and activities of the institute in French and English and to maintain an archive of former members and activities. It integrates the user database with the library management system. The system was commissioned by the Jean Nicod Institute° in 2002 and is currently still in use for the daily management of the IJN website.

 

S&M Content Management System

2002 • PHP, Javascript, SQL

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The S&M Content Management System is a software designed to manage the database-driven website of the French Sémantique and Modélisation research network. The purpose of the system is to coordinate researchers from 20 French institutions and labs° participating in a number of joint research activities. The CMS includes a backend that allows the administrator to manage information about participants, research tracks, research subprojects and labs, each of which could stand in many-to- many relations with each other. The CMS was commissioned by the coordinator of the S&M research network in 2002 and is currently still in use for the daily management of network activities.
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