Author Archives: take21

Coursera Raises $16 Million, Strikes Deal with 3 Universities … AND … adds Humanities Courses. http://t.co/GBpnUBOg (via @openculture) # Rapporteur publishes recommendation to EU Parliament to reject #ACTA http://t.co/v4JkUyw8 # Download report The Closed World of Company Data by @opencorporates http://t.co/HFRyxfHu #OGP2012 # Avaaz campaign: CISPA bill lets corporations share all user activity and content […]

Persistent myths about open access scientific publishing | Dr Mike Taylor http://t.co/ewwqLTID via @guardian (via @MyOpenArchive) # Climate Factsheets from @pircuk help to communicate climate science research to a broader public http://t.co/1uRjABi5 via @jwyg # Beyond The Battlefield: From A Decade Of War, An Endless Struggle For The Severely Wounded http://t.co/dqGt1JfZ # Huff Po's Pulitzer […]

The real threat to the open web lies with the opaque elite who run it | Emily Bell on Google http://t.co/7IDm5qwc (via @guardiantech) # UK civil society groups create site to monitor and update on Open Govt Partnership http://t.co/Kgsk74iJ #ogp2012 (via @CountCulture) # How can activists make things happen with (open) data? Our new Data&Design […]

Yale Introduces Another 7 Free Online Courses, Bringing Total to 42 http://t.co/89bCdRK1 (via @openculture) #openaccess #

RT @tom_watson: "50 years from now, ..only 10 institutions in the whole world that deliver higher education": http://t.co/HaVMYxAv #

Private sector medical staff assessing benefit claimants told to sign Official Secrets Act #Atos http://t.co/tlD30yO9 # RT @bengoldacre: ATOS make doctors sign the Official Secrets Act. Unethical, and a breach of GMC guidelines. http://t.co/Rrfupx0t # Apple Releases Flashback Malware Remover http://t.co/3Xwcu6Vb # .@timdavies blogs about a new journal issue, and IKM Emergent #opendata paper http://t.co/ygzbvDcH […]

World Bank adopts Open Access policy video http://t.co/HMqpRXNt repository https://t.co/RnIZOskY #creativecommons # RT @ClientEarth: Council of the #EU changing #law to restrict access to information on #Friday13 http://t.co/AHVPAKZ9 #transparency # RT @CCUnitedKingdom: Mark Walport of @wellcometrust on @BBCr4today talking about open access publishing http://t.co/xzqiaLkz (@ 0713) # Government backs calls for research data to be […]

RT @hackinginquiry: The Motorman Files: guidance for readers: http://t.co/0XkGGA9t # RT @starl3n: The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything http://t.co/G9BBpXU3 #energy # RT @hackinginquiry: Hacked Off Statement regarding publication of Motorman Blue Book: http://t.co/wJ079ID0 # RT @GuidoFawkes: Download Operation Motorman's Blue Book: Britain's Biggest Establishment Cover-Up http://t.co/D9ZpVcnw #Leveson # RT @CharlieBeckett: The #HackedOff article on […]

Goldsmiths media conference @visionOntv interview @evgenymorozov and @jjn1 http://t.co/H8M3Tn0W # WSJ Selling You on Facebook http://t.co/jjElG1bE # Monday Note: Facebook's bet on privacy http://t.co/OD6684Xd < IPO valuation and your data # Video: Carers vs Atos http://t.co/OmbFKlQX #

RT @amcguire62: US arms firm lockheedmartin has been awarded uk gcloud contract http://t.co/an5uvt3g # Macworld: What you need to know about the Flashback trojan http://t.co/gu7AEU46 # #CCDP The mass surveillance tech behind the programme is being exported by UK to repressive regimes. http://t.co/wA7DEmOb via @smithsam # John Naughton 'Civil liberties? They're safe.' And if you […]