Author Archives: take21

Zotero Everywhere First Look http://bit.ly/aAuuB0 (via @mfenner) < desktop version of research & bibliographic software # A portrait of hunger from Philadelphia http://bit.ly/b2egT1 (via @AlbertoNardelli) # Multipack's 5th birthday is on Saturday… http://bit.ly/dqzxli (via @rythie) # Notes on Personal Democracy Forum Europe conference by @presleysylwia, speaking at Coventry http://bit.ly/d6E7Xc on Friday #opendata #cwsmc # Don't […]

Jonathan Freedland compares current public spending review with the 'Geddes Axe" of 1921-22: iPlayer http://bbc.in/agcMV9 # Directory of Non-Departmental Public Bodies (quangos) and agencies: http://bit.ly/9qJ4Va and FOI contacts (via @tom_watson) # Solihull Council expenditure published http://bit.ly/bWCjOo #opendata # Malcom Gladwell's New Yorker piece on social media, weak ties and activism http://nyr.kr/bs5UTs # The BBC editorial […]

I'll be speaking at Birmingham Skeptics in the Pub Weds evening http://is.gd/fZ295 – alternative medicine, libel, etc (via @SLSingh) # A good day at MAC with @eventwithme and friends #anewcurrency # Say hello to @oldweather – the latest @the_zooniverse project. http://www.oldweather.org (via @galaxyzoo) #

Top ten data.gov.uk datasets – guest post by Simon Rogers >> data.gov.uk http://bit.ly/cmUs4r (via @DC10plusnetwork @charlesarthur) # Spirit Level: inequality, stats debate on R4 20.30 # NHS removes key data from controversial Summary Care Record #nhs http://ow.ly/2Ryac (via @computerworlduk) # Monday Note on Facebook and The Social Network. http://bit.ly/bRxm4a < essential #

Great writeup on gov energy monitoring @guardianeco: http://is.gd/fM9Yd (via @hubmum @smithsam) #govspark #RScarbon # Schmidt: "We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.” http://bit.ly/aDFJXs #

Openlylocal adds one-click FoI requests for spending payments Map Icons Collection 900 free icons to use as placemarks on Google maps: http://bit.ly/9ezktC (via @OpenGeo @marshallk @ushahidi) # RT @abeeken: Extract KML data from Google My Maps: http://bit.ly/aT9xH1 #geo #maps #googleearth (via @adrianshort) #

Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request http://j.mp/bdnd6y (via @newsycombinator) #journalism # The Bible, done in Lego http://icio.us/zqvfm5 (via @BoraZ @michael_nielsen) #

Birmingham City council: payments to suppliers over £500 http://bit.ly/dgTRyq in pdf # A practical guide to local government spending transparency http://bit.ly/cTPVQq #opendata # Lessig on the Facebook Film #thesocialnetwork http://bit.ly/bfaC0c (via @lessig)< innovation, net neutrality # "Rise of the Online Autocrats" Morozov in Wall Street Journal http://goo.gl/Q5DL (via @evgenymorozov) #

Birmingham Big City masterplan & consultation http://bigcityplan.birmingham.gov.uk/?page_id=118 (via @mappamercia) # OUT-LAW: Study finds that apps secretly leak private data http://bit.ly/aPWr0s (via @lawtweets) <Taintdroid paper # Science funding in the UK: how will it be hit by the cuts? Visualised and as a spreadsheet http://bit.ly/bFHIBp (via @datastore) # Typographic map posters – http://typographic.axismaps.com (via @mhaklay @axismaps) […]

Storytelling & social capital @mac_birmingham from @eventwithme & Switchboard (sign up http://j.mp/dblcpC) #anewcurrency (via @gabysslave) # UK Open Government Licensing Framework gives policy & legal guidance for #OGL http://bit.ly/dl6tqa #opendata #gov20 (via @DirDigEng) # UK gov Open Government Licence interoperable with CC-BY for use across public sector http://bit.ly/bwgTL5 #opendata #gov20 (via @DirDigEng) # #Tip of […]