Fluidinfo

May 13, 2011

Winners of the writable API competition Announcing the three prize winners of the O'Reilly writable API competition. by Terry Jones | @terrycojones | May 13, 2011 Last month we API for O’Reilly books and authors. The three judges — Tim O’Reilly , O’Reilly editor Mike Loukides , and O’Reilly GM Joe Wikert — have today announced the winners. McSpadden gets first prize for Book Chirpa . Mark wins an OSCON package that includes a full conference pass, coach airfare from within the US, and 4 nights hotel accommodation. Book Chirpa was the stream of O’Reilly book mentions, trending books, or a virtual library of all O’Reilly books mentioned on Twitter. Second prize: Skillshelves you “Show the world what tech topics you are an expert in — simply by making a list of O’Reilly books in your bookshelf.” Third prize: FluidCV Eric Seidel gets third prize for FluidCV . Eric wins his choice of $500 worth of O’Reilly ebooks and/or videos. FluidCV pulls together information for your CV from tags in Fluidinfo, allowing the dynamic construction of a CV just by tagging relevant objects in Fluidinfo. Tag an O’Reilly book in Fluidinfo and the book cover and associated skill automatically appears in your CV. Eric’s own Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all who entered. [Disclosure: Tim O’Reilly is an investor in Fluidinfo. ] Related: Get the O’Reilly Programming Newsletter Weekly insight from industry insiders. Plus exclusive content and offers. http://bookchirpa.com Mark McSpadden Thanks for a great contest and data set. I learned a ton about Fluidinfo both from digging in to the site and from the contributions and openness of everyone competing. (Not to mention that I discovered several O’Reilly titles that have already made it into my library. ) http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry Terry Jones And thanks for entering! Congrats :-) Please feel free to drop by #fluidinfo on IRC to receive your case of virtual champagne. http://www.gottahavacuppamocha.com Michael H Congratulations to the winners. There were some very intriguing entries into the competition. ina seeing how there were only four working entries in the contest, is it possible that the fourth working entry get the leftover tablet? Get the Programming Newsletter Weekly insight from industry insiders. Plus exclusive content and offers. Featured Download