2018-01-03 JAN

Three topics, 1.5 hrs for #1 and 20 mins each for #2-5

1. DocMiner

• The original proposal from Sept 2017.
• GitHub: https://github.com/sbm-it/docminer.
• SmartSheet PM.
• Slack channel.
• GitBook manual.
• ...

2. New Visualization platforms, old ones evolving fast

• https://d3.express, apparently evolving to become https://observablehq.com.
• For keynote webcasts announcing/demoing it see this twitter thread.
• https://vega.github.io/vega-lite, (youtube).
• while keeping an eye on more conventional ChartJS.
• Also keeping in mind the increasing use of Interactive Programming and Reactive Observer designs,
• and the existence of new online tools for composition such as vega.github.io/editor.

3. Function generators

• from Eric Elliott.
• from MDN WebDocs.

4. AI first

• continuing with deeplearnjs.org.
• keeping an eye on tensorfire.
• ... generally continuing what we started in 2017-12-13-dec.

5. While we were not paying attention

• Content Scripts are back big time.
• Browser keeps evolving towards a personal WebMachine.
• See for example what can be accomplished with Snippets.
• ... to be continued throughout 2018 ...