Project Newman :: An overview

August 19th, 2006

Project Newman table of contents

• An introduction
• An overview
• The main components
• The reporter
• The editor
• The publisher
• Additional features
• The scheduler
• Further ideas not implemented
• An evaluation

Getting started As mentioned in the introduction, Project Newman is about building a newsbot - a robot to post news. Now that the purpose and basic idea has been drawn up, it's time to get into some specifics.

Newman would basically be doing three things and so it makes sense to design those three functions in separate parts:

• the reporter will fetch news stories from various football news websites, which we call sources
• the editor will edit the stories, deciding which one to post and which to discard
• the publisher will post stories on Xtratime.org (or theoretically other sites, which we call targets)

So that's the basic architecture. (If you think this smells too much of java-speak, don't worry, I only used OO where it was feasible, most of it is just python modules).

And there is one rule in Project Newman:

• Newman must run without any user interaction!

:: random entries in this category ::

• Project Newman :: The editor
• Project Newman :: An introduction
• Project Newman :: Further ideas not implemented

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 19th, 2006 at 9:31 a.m. and is filed under en, newman.

10 Responses to "Project Newman :: An overview"

1. Nawaf says:

   August 19, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.  

   Oh holy mother of...

   One thing tho, how're you gonna manage the automated post thing on a forum? A site of your own, perhaps, but...

   Ah, what am I talking about.. I'm not the coder here :D

2. numerodix says:

   August 20, 2006 at 3:49 p.m.  

   That will all become quite clear as the story continues :)

3. John says:

   August 23, 2006 at 8:49 a.m.  

   Rule two: You do not talk about Project Newman.

   ;)

   Why Newman by the way?

4. John says:

   August 23, 2006 at 8:50 a.m.  

   Never mind - just read why!

   A Cardinal Newman set up my University way back when, and his name adorns the arts building here now!

5. numerodix says:

   August 23, 2006 at 9:55 a.m.  

   That's excellent, a living tribute to Newman, the newsbot! :D

6. Graham says:

   January 30, 2007 at 11:04 p.m.  

   And here I was thinking that Project Newman was a tribute to Newman the guy who lives in the same apartment.

7. Project Newman :: An introduction ~ numerodix blog says:

   October 9, 2007 at 1:48 p.m.  

   [...] view yet 5d (4) I know th.. -numerodix | I think a big.. -Brian « charset wars Project Newman :: An overview [...]

8. Project Newman :: The reporter ~ numerodix blog says:

   October 9, 2007 at 1:50 p.m.  

   [...] world view yet 5d (4) I know th.. -numerodix | I think a big.. -Brian « Project Newman :: An overview Project Newman :: The editor [...]

9. Project Newman :: The publisher ~ numerodix blog says:

   October 9, 2007 at 1:59 p.m.  

   [...] entry is part of the series Project Newman. :: random entries in this category ::Project Newman :: An introductionProject Newman :: An [...]

10. Project Newman :: An evaluation ~ numerodix blog says:

    October 9, 2007 at 2:06 p.m.  

    [...] entry is part of the series Project Newman. :: random entries in this category ::Project Newman :: The editorProject Newman :: The scheduler [...]