By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
On Wednesday 14 August 2019 I talked with Lodewijk about Wiki Loves Monuments. He asked me to avoid saying anything firm about the project before talking to others, and to ask Multichill in particular. What follows are messy notes! Avoid quoting, and assume that there are errors here! A tenth anniversary is special. A ninth […]
Posted in art, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged contest, monument, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
Arrival at university Talked with Abhinav, Indrajit, and ?? from Bhopal, Kolkata, and Delhi. Lane committed to join the South Asian Meetup. Talked with Mike Peel and Joseph Seddon re GLAM and Wikibase. Both of them want federated Wikibase instances to completely catalog the collections of all museums. Lane asked about the “limits of wikidata” […]
Posted in Stockholm, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-13
Wikimania Sweden was Thursday 14 – Sunday 18 August 2019. I often type to take notes. Some notes are more organized and some are less so. I frequently take notes about the ideas which people and communities have. I wish that I could communicate more, as of course if I see the notes, then I […]
Posted in Stockholm, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-05-04
On Wednesday 1 May I attended a vote of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate to approve the second phase of plans to establish the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia. At this midpoint I will review the process and circumstances for founding a school. The university in the United States typically […]
Posted in Charlottesville, data | Tagged data school, education
By bluerasberry on 2019-03-22
There is a 2008 comic book, Umbrella Academy, which contains a joke about the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy (JFK).In 2019 the comic became a video series and presented the Kennedy assassination joke again. I liked the comic and I recently watched the video series. The joke is incidental, but since the joke […]
Posted in Texas, Wikipedia | Tagged conspiracy, death, policy
By bluerasberry on 2019-03-20
I visited NYC from Friday 8 March – Sunday 17 March 2019. On Saturday 9 March Fabian, Wayne, and I wanted to see the Captain Marvel movie. Somehow we were confused about who reserved tickets, and while on the subway, we realized that no one had. We were all trying to reserve tickets clicking on […]
Posted in education, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged comic, movie