#bmjhack Storify

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3 min readJul 10, 2013

Last weekend, we took our open access button idea to the BMJ Hack and we built a protoype. We storify’d the weekend here. Who knew you could have so much fun? Indoors, on the hottest weekend of the year.

  1. Open Access Button@OA_Button
  2. Hello.
  3. Sat, Jul 06 2013 04:03:43
  4. rewiredstate@rewiredstate
  5. Kicking off in a few minutes #BMJHack
  6. Sat, Jul 06 2013 02:17:34
  7. David Carroll@davidecarroll
  8. The Open Access button, we need your help! #bmjhack #hack4ac via @CameronNeylon bit.ly/12izorH @PLOS @openscience @PLOSMedicine
  9. Sat, Jul 06 2013 03:42:21
  10. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
  11. A great idea (if you ask me) for the #bmjhack oabutton.wordpress.com . Lets shake up publishing a bit!
  12. Sat, Jul 06 2013 02:40:19
  13. David Carroll@davidecarroll
  14. RT @Mcarthur_Joe: The building of @OA_Button has started with @nicholascwng and @andylolz #bmjhack So pumped right now
  15. Sat, Jul 06 2013 04:19:03
  16. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
  17. We’ve now got a github for the @oa_button to aid development github.com/OAButton #bmjhack
  18. Sat, Jul 06 2013 04:43:39
  19. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
  20. Have discovered a way to link DOI to university repositories, we have the code too. #bmjhack epic win for oa_button.
  21. Sat, Jul 06 2013 05:33:30
  22. David Carroll@davidecarroll
  23. Hey Twitter, is there any big (MASSIVE) list of DOI prefixes and the journals they correlate to? cc @cameronneylon @Mcarthur_Joe #bmjhack
  24. Sat, Jul 06 2013 06:17:46
  25. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
  26. Just seen the first prototype of @oa_button from start to finish, working, on a live site. #bmjhack
  27. Sat, Jul 06 2013 12:05:58
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  29. The @OA_Button team, minus me and @davidecarroll working into the night. We have a map now #bmjhack pic.twitter.com/uk5UVzpr0A
  30. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
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  32. Sat, Jul 06 2013 13:47:48
  33. Joseph McArthur@Mcarthur_Joe
  34. Turns out there is a place called undefined in Barcelona which has been throwing off our code @oa_button for some time now #bmjhack
  35. Sat, Jul 06 2013 15:39:39
  36. Anya Gopfert@AnyaGopfert
  37. Epic. @Mcarthur_Joe @davidecarroll: RT @OA_Button: Our project — the short version wp.me/p3I9wM-h #bmjhack #hack4ac
  38. Sun, Jul 07 2013 03:01:05
  39. Stephen Curry@Stephen_Curry
  40. “@OA_Button: Our project — short version wp.me/p3I9wM-h” < could be fun, interesting and useful… #openaccess
  41. Sun, Jul 07 2013 03:01:30
  42. Really warm outside and inside but still an amazing turnout for day2 of #bmjhack final countdown for show and tell pic.twitter.com/77APwr6cOc
  43. rewiredstate@rewiredstate
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  45. Sun, Jul 07 2013 06:16:40
  46. Florian Rathgeber@frathgeber
  47. @zotero We’d like to use translators in @OA_button to extract metadata from journals. What’s the best way to that in a 3rd party app/site?
  48. Sun, Jul 07 2013 04:58:53
  49. Sharon Cooper@sharonecw
  50. Andy Murray wins #wimbledon but there’s better results at #bmjhack
  51. Sun, Jul 07 2013 09:37:38
  52. Mark O’Neill@marxculture
  53. And congratulations to Andy Murray who has won top hack at #bmjhack
  54. Sun, Jul 07 2013 09:28:14
  55. YES! RT@rewiredstate: #bmjhack Open Access Button — has taken on all challenges at the hack day in 30 hours!!! pic.twitter.com/mXQdkhsINU
  56. Rikki Mangrum@RikkiMangrum
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  58. Sun, Jul 07 2013 08:36:49
  59. #bmjhack Open Access Button — have made a map of frustration featuring pingu! Trying to find open access pic.twitter.com/vUatVZrrvd
  60. rewiredstate@rewiredstate
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  62. Sun, Jul 07 2013 08:35:57
  63. Open Access Button@OA_Button
  64. RT @sharonecw: Constipated penguin denied access to scholarly pursuits at #bmjhack but may be saved by an oa button
  65. Sun, Jul 07 2013 08:39:19
  66. Dr Helen Morant@MedEdHelen
  67. I’ve just used the word “amazeballs” in relation to one of the hacks #bmjhack Hope we can do something with it.
  68. Sun, Jul 07 2013 10:57:11
  69. Matthew Billingsley@mbillingsleybmj
  70. Special mentions for NLP bham feedback app, MediCal, Medical Now & PageRank #bmjhack
  71. Sun, Jul 07 2013 10:59:29
  72. Matthew Billingsley@mbillingsleybmj
  73. #bmjhack 3rd prize = OA button @Mcarthur_Joe @davidecarroll
  74. Sun, Jul 07 2013 11:00:16
  75. sgul I.T.@SGULIT
  76. TeamSGUL (@jonjhilton & @puntofisso) with @danielinniss, @kfouwels & @Kush_Depala win 2nd prize at #bmjhack and get mention on BMJ! Awesome!
  77. Sun, Jul 07 2013 11:03:16
  78. Matthew Billingsley@mbillingsleybmj
  79. #bmjhack 1st prize = BP monitoring app by @amcunningham — many congratulations!
  80. Sun, Jul 07 2013 11:02:09
  81. Nicholas Ng@nicholascwng
  82. Well done team! :D @frathgeber @OA_Button @Mcarthur_Joe @andylolz @davidecarroll
  83. Sun, Jul 07 2013 12:24:48
  84. Open Access Button@OA_Button
  85. Thanks to @andylolz, @nicholascwng, @frathgeber and Elliot for building me.Thanks to all those on twitter who’ve given suggestions #bmjhack
  86. Sun, Jul 07 2013 10:42:15
  87. David Carroll@davidecarroll
  88. I think I can speak for both of us when I say we’ve been overwhelmed with the support for @OA_Button #bmjhack cc @Mcarthur_Joe
  89. Sun, Jul 07 2013 10:45:34
  90. Nick Shockey@R2RC
  91. Great weekend for @R2RC! Aussie med students @yourAMSA join R2RC, & rockstar @medsinuk students develop @OA_Button at #bmjhack. Stay tuned!
  92. Sun, Jul 07 2013 11:10:39
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