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'''Project Name:''' Uberproject (working title -- name suggestions welcome)  
'''Project Name:''' Uberproject (working title -- name suggestions welcome)  


'''Project Lead(s):''' Chris Keller, Neil Dawson, Jordan Wirfs-Brock  
'''Project Lead(s):''' Chris Keller, Neil Dawson, Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Saleem Khan


[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hD4YYkGukkRlQ32gReVQE6Xvk2Z_nvkg-lDKtkfdr4s/edit?hl=en_US Project Description]  
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hD4YYkGukkRlQ32gReVQE6Xvk2Z_nvkg-lDKtkfdr4s/edit?hl=en_US Project Description]  
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'''Key steps toward goal:'''  
'''Key steps toward goal:'''  


#Input search tearms, run through Little Sis API and Sunlight Foundation API, output data on people and connections (Chris)  
#Input search terms, run through Little Sis API and Sunlight Foundation API, output data on people and connections (Chris)  
#Visualize people and connections with Javascript dataviz library (Jordan)  
#Visualize people and connections with Javascript dataviz library (Jordan)  
#User experience design -- what can you do with the data once it's visualized? (Neil)
#User experience design -- what can you do with the data once it's visualized? (Neil)
#Understand and construct use case(s) (Saleem)


'''Pending needs:''' Help from anyone who is familiar with Javascript data visualization libraries (like the [http://thejit.org/ Javascript InfoVis Toolkit], [http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ d3.js], Processing.js, [http://www.highcharts.com/ Highcharts] etc.) -- get in touch with Jordan.<br>  
'''Pending needs:''' Help from anyone who is familiar with Javascript data visualization libraries (like the [http://thejit.org/ Javascript InfoVis Toolkit], [http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ d3.js], Processing.js, [http://www.highcharts.com/ Highcharts] etc.) -- get in touch with Jordan.<br>  
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*Make a (quick and dirty) mockup of what a visualization of the context and relations  
*Make a (quick and dirty) mockup of what a visualization of the context and relations  
*Implement the visualization mockup using a Javascript visualization library (probably d3.js or Javascript InfoVis Tookit -- need to decide) [Note: For this can use the code Chris already started writing]
*Implement the visualization mockup using a Javascript visualization library (probably d3.js or Javascript InfoVis Tookit -- need to decide) [Note: For this can use the code Chris already started writing]
Saleem
* Identify possible information source/inputs to test the scenario
* Extract facts, data points to explore
* Identify use case(s)


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Tasks for Day 3 (9/28/2011)
Chris
Neil
Jordan
Saleem
* Develop use case(s) for journalists based on real-world scenarios
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