I released an updated version of the wordpress plugin tonight. This version handles the filename hashing a little bit differently. It escapes a list of characters such as apostrophes and quotation marks that can be problematic. The basic … [Read more]
Dear Medium, You Could Combat Fake News by Showing More Quote Context
Inspiration: Some Americans have become so disillusioned with the mainstream press that they refuse to trust basic reporting, assuming that even direct quotations may have been taken out of context. Cherry-picked quotations are an old problem, but … [Read more]
Neotext Webservice and WordPress Plugin upgraded to HTTPS
A new version of the Wordpress Plugin is out which uses HTTPS to communicate with the Amazon Cloud. This is an important upgrade because sites that run HTTPS require all javascript components to be delivered securely as well. … [Read more]
Article: How Neotext could prevent some types of Fake News
Last month I posted an article I wrote about how Fake News, in the form of Out-of-Context Quotations, is not a new issue, but the internet poses both challanges and opportunities. I described 2 examples of how media sources in 1999 and 2008 took … [Read more]
Progress Report: Hash Algorithm Issues
Here's a progress report on where things stand. I've been working on the webservice code to try to fix some problems with how the quote hash values are created. Right now the hash is computed in two places - by the client, using javascript, and by … [Read more]
First Feature Requests and Bug Reports
I got my first user feedback on the wordpress plugin from my friend Daniel Miller. In the interests of documenting feedback here is Daniel's feedback: Feature: Add neotext to the Preview/Publish system so that the user doesn't have to visit … [Read more]
Test-drive the wordpress plugin
I setup a demo installation of wordpress that you can try: The login is: username: demo password: demo Read instructions … [Read more]
Using the Neotext Generator
I recently completed a section of the site that allows Neotext users to generate neotexts for quotes hosted on their websites. The process requires you to: Add a wordpress plugin to their site (or install the javascript code yourself). … [Read more]
Django backend now uploads to Amazon S3
I haven't blogged about my recent work on neotext, so here's another post to get you up to speed: I modified the django backend so that, in addition to saving a copy of the json file locally, it also uploads a copy of the json file up to Amazon … [Read more]
Presentation at Central PA Open Source Conference
This past Saturday I did a "lightening talk" at the Central PA Open Source Conference, held in Lancaster, PA. I hadn't been intending to do a talk, but a fellow attendee encouraged me to. I've been talking to enough people that I can do a 5 … [Read more]
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