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