Howdy Noise,<br><br>You are cordially invited to help turn science research on its head this Saturday at PLOS in San Francisco: <a href="http://altmetricshackathon2012.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">http://altmetricshackathon2012.eventbrite.com/</a><br>

<span><p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Uncover how science research is shared, used, and measured </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">with </span><a href="http://altmetrics.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">altmetrics</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> at the Altmetrics Hackathon on Nov 3, 2012 in San Francisco</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">.
  Altmetrics are online metrics that capture the many ways in which 
research articles are shared, commented, reviewed, and put to use.  As a
 set, they collectively tell the larger story of science.</span><br><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Build
 new tools and improve existing ones with real time datasets and API 
services.  Create new mashups.  Brainstorm the future of tracking 
science.  Fun prizes awarded at the end of the session.  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hJixj2z6oSpFIosQQlGXFbrOBLR8te3VZgzdvcMedTA/edit#bookmark=id.atzvn4t9is2s" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">View ideas and share your own here</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. </span></p>


<p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><i>Co-hosted by PLOS and ImpactStory</i></span></p>

<p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><i><a href="http://altmetricshackathon2012.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">http://altmetricshackathon2012.eventbrite.com/</a><br>

</i></span></p></span>// Matt<br>