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Enough Is Enough report from the Steady State Economy Conference http://steadystate.org/enough-is-enough/ # R4 In Business on Prosperity Without Growth http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w228b # Every cable with date, time and tags, in Google fusion tables: http://is.gd/hVaD6 #cablegate (via @evgenymorozov @JaimeObregon:) # Desktop app for Hans Rosling's Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/desktop (via @ushahidi @armanddp) # Browse the cables on this interactive […]

Starting to prepare for a #eurostat #hackday on 16th December. Anyone interested? http://eurostat.okfn.org/ #opendata (pls RT) (via @jwyg) # Incognito is a Safari extension that prevents Google and Facebook from following you on the web http://www.orbicule.com/incognito/ # E-book from Google: 20 things I learned about browsers & the web http://www.20thingsilearned.com/home # Economic growth: enough is […]

Intro slides for Birmingham open data hackathon 4 & 5 December http://slidesha.re/eJ1pCx # Richard Dawkins reads out his own hate emails in front of a fire. It's special. http://bit.ly/dAMJ1K (via @pstainthorp @carrozo) # Interested in open government data in Europe? http://bit.ly/enwfVl (via @okfn) # Calm down folks – D-Notices are: (1) voluntary (2) requests for […]

Enhance JISC Open Bibliographic Data guide http://is.gd/hKD8r via comments. Follow comments at http://is.gd/hKD12 (via @ostephens) # Directgov @marthalanefox review and reforming government services from @tom_watson http://bit.ly/gZjOIk # IT Pro has picked up on that NHS web site privacy issue: http://bit.ly/hSDzGd (via @tom_watson) #

Facebook's latest valuation: €105bn. Ireland's GNP: €130bn. The crossover won't be long on current trends (via @Peston) # Milestone for Open Bibliographic Data: British Library Release 3 Million Records http://bit.ly/gJGopP (via @okfn) # NYT, Guardian and Der Spiegel coordinating with WikiLeaks on State Dept. data drop http://nie.mn/gfBrRd (via @NiemanLab) # Have entrepreneurship / OER ideas? […]

An insiders view of the Directgov report from @lesteph and comment by @tomskitomski http://bit.ly/hTlGyA # Here's @Marthalanefox review of .gov.uk in a *slightly* better format (MS Word) http://goo.gl/liyz7 @pschemedia (via @tomskitomski) # Lane Fox report published; does Cabinet Office share her revolutionary zeal?: http://bit.ly/e2gimT (via @PubSecBloggers) # Bootstrapping linked data use in higher ed – […]

Where Does My Money Go: 25k Spending Data http://bit.ly/iiYJRP (via @okfn) # The government’s ‘new localism’ decentralisation agenda may undermine local government http://bit.ly/ccaR4i (via @LSEpoliticsblog) # You've got until Thurs to tell Office for Civil Society how to work with umbrella bodies: http://bit.ly/cGfaF7 #bigsociety (via @lesteph) # Next week Rennes meeting on #opendata and re-use […]

Book your place for this year's #hackitude http://t.co/PVTPLvR (via @hackitude) # #picamp – FOI and Data http://bit.ly/b9NPfV (via @SluggerOToole) # here's the definitive MORI who do you trust survey http://twurl.nl/g6b8ed #picamp (via @willperrin) #journalism # Ed Vaizey: 'My overriding priority is an open Internet' http://twurl.nl/ktbyaz (via @orgNewsUpdates) <not # Tim Berners-Lee in Scientific American: like […]

Tim BL: Open Standards Must be Royalty-Free – http://bit.ly/av3URd important defence of key idea #openstandards #rf #web (via @glynmoody) #

#odgcamp was a blast. Video clips real soon. #