ShareYourNoggin :: Platform Mathematica

André Mitra

Geometria Research and Design, Inc.

What is ShareYourNoggin?

ShareYourNoggin allows you to create personalized mashup web pages using various channels that can be generated from your own content.

Channels

The most general channel is the web url channel. It allows you to display content from a web url, including html web pages, images, rss feeds, json data files and various other content depending on the plug-ins installed in your web browser.

Specialized Channels

Some of the more specialized channels currently available are YouTube, flickr, google search, google map, google satellite, google earth, Microsoft bing, yahoo, twitter query and twitter update channels.

Mathematica Related Channels

Well, of course, there are also various channels of interest to Mathematica users. Some of these channels are based on technologies just released or soon to be released by Wolfram Research and are therefore a work in progress, but we essentially have or will have channels for WebMathematica, WolframAlpha, and WolframPlayer via the soon to be released browser plug-in. In addition, there is a skim viewer channel that can be linked to a collection of Mathematica Expressions, or to a Manipulate or Wolfram Demonstration.

Create a channel directly from Mathematica

You can generate content for a skim viewer channel directly from Mathematica using our Mathematica Package. You essentially choose the various snapshots of a manipulate or a collection of expressions for the skim viewer channel, add a description and tag, and click on a publish button.

The package has a Mathematica version of the skim viewer channel and so Mathematica users can "share their noggin" without leaving Mathematica. The package also has support for the direct sharing of Mathematica Expressions and Manipulates between Mathematica users. However, all such sharing is relative to a fairly restrictive security model.

An interface for your WebMathematica site

ShareYourNoggin may be used as an interface for your WebMathematica site. You create your java server WebMathematica pages and deploy them so that they are available on the web.You then publish your website as a mashup of WebMathematica channels and various other channels.

Poddin

There is an iphone app called poddin -- poddin transforms your iphone into a poddin -- that allows you to view your skim viewer channels, and other channels, on an iphone or ipod touch.

Publication

ShareYourNoggin allows you to order, tag and add keywords to your channels. You can publish sixteen channel mashups to your group or to the web. A published mashup is also called a poddin. When you publish a poddin, a tweet containing a description, a hash tag and a web link pointing to your poddin is sent to @poddin on Twitter.

Summary

ShareYourNoggin allows you to create personalized mashup web pages using various channels that can be generated from your own content.