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Presentations from #opentech http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/schedule/ # Aid, NGO spending: Pushing the envelope http://bit.ly/aNXzyZ (via @okfn) # Why the Paul Chambers case matters http://bit.ly/bJIHCW #TwitterJokeTrial (via @davidallengreen) # Nick Cohen on the nightmare consequences of a tweet for Paul Chambers- a must read. The Guardian: http://bit.ly … (via @JTownend) # Reference manager overview chart is now available […]

Joy of Tech explains twitter http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1442.html #

Stanford Program on Liberation Technology http://bit.ly/b8U4b9 via @josswinn # Polymaps – A JavaScript Library for Image and Vector-tiled Maps http://j.mp/cRBCkP (via @newsycombinator) # Link for EC consultation on re-use of PSI is broken atm. Announcement http://bit.ly/9YML8s # Out-law: Europe begins revamp of rules on re-use of public information http://www.out-law.com/page-11365 #

More journals added to JournalTOCs, the free journal current awareness service http://bit.ly/dgnLyH # The "Illustrated Guide to the PhD" by @MattMight. http://cultr.me/aQRvRy (via @openculture) # #diaspora developer release http://bit.ly/cQd4Ef #

Video: Everything is a Remix, Part 1 http://www.everythingisaremix.info/ #

#LOD2 and #OKFN announcement now up http://tinyurl.com/3yxhg8y (via @johnlsheridan @jordanhatcher) # Rewired State hack days: Carbon and Energy 30th/31st Oct, and digital test bed 1st Oct http://rewiredstate.org/events (via @hubmum) # RT @gsiemens: "for-profit higher education is one of the greatest success stories in American business" http://bit.ly/aABmCO (via @KavuBob) # Student loans gateway drug to debt […]

ukwired revised their BCC website story at 12.48. Still claim they 'uncovered' the £2.8m website spend. A 2009 story http://bit.ly/asBhI3 # 10 councils spent over £100,000 on redesigning their websites – a task which costs most less than £15,000 http://bit.ly/dbpduY # Data blog : Council spending on websites http://bit.ly/dbpduY # Really crap journalism. BCC didn't […]

Peak #awesomeometer rating for #opentech Thanks @smithsam for organising #

Is IPR Broken? JISC IPR and Licensing paper open for comment see: http://tinyurl.com/324f9tg #ukoer (via @psychemedia @ambrouk) # What’s the law around aggregating news online? A Harvard Law report » Nieman Journalism Lab http://bit.ly/avpGzy (via @kristathomas) # Draft guidance from Local Data Panel on Local Gov Spending http://bit.ly/ag0bE6 #datagovuk #localgov #opendata (via @Nigel_Shadbolt) # #goodpitch […]

Statement on The future of NHS National Programme for IT http://ow.ly/2BF3B (via @Caledebois) # It's #opentech on Saturday http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/ # Can you help make http://meetthecommunities.helpfultechnology.com/ happen? Venue needed, October (via @lesteph) #