Author Archives: take21

Tim Biscoe: A case for basic research (pdf) http://bit.ly/cbNAdw # Vince Cable – Science, Research and Innovation Speech http://bit.ly/9VGkuH # Nature http://bit.ly/d9xIgu and Austin Elliott http://bit.ly/bNyZ0G on Vince Cable and scientific research.(via @Maxine_Clarke) # BioMed Central drafts position statement on open data http://bit.ly/cTLgAK Please comment. (via @mfenner) # Plos: B Vitamins Slow the Rate of […]

Why waste time? First Birmingham Hacks/Hackers meetup on Sep 20 http://meetup.com/u/1J7F (via @paulbradshaw) # Making of No corras tanto (take it easy) http://www.vimeo.com/6734475 <sand animation, no fx # Take It Easy: Sand animated film, using only a camera, light table & sand. No special effects: http://cultr.me/cPPnt9 (via @openculture) # Beyond Access: Public Consultation on access […]

Introducing Read+Comment for commentable public documents, from @lesteph http://bit.ly/d50eiO # Introducing @opencharities Making the #charities register #opendata http://bit.ly/c3kBfC (blog: http://bit.ly/cqMF8W) (via @OpenlyLocal) # Thoughts on the Arcade Fire/Milk/Koblin browser video "The Wilderness Downtown": http://bit.ly/a1RN1d (via @serial_consign) # Where next on the ScraperWiki Hacks&Hackers tour? Manchester on 15th Oct, Leeds on 28th Oct http://is.gd/eXkLj (via @ScraperWiki) […]

Drawing the line between Twitter and Facebook http://bit.ly/dq4V1I (via @jjn1) <journalism & twitter # Chiropractic chapter of Trick or Treatment is free online. For Drs, patients, skeptics, chiros, etc http://is.gd/eVNgf (via @SLSingh) # A simple explanation of the term "Net Neutrality" http://bit.ly/cE6Tn2 (via @tom_watson @InternetLaw) #

What would scholarly communications look like if we invented it today? By @cameronneylon http://bit.ly/b61aKS (via @BoraZ) # OpenTech on September 11 – "Talks by people who work on things that matter" http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/ (via @OpenRightsGroup) # #ff @peterdcox @seancoleman @grantkeir @carolisides @djsoup @teresamisc (via @digirevolutions) #digirevolutions # Birmingham aerial imagery http://bit.ly/bCSRso Will Birmingham be the best […]

A good day at Crossover Labs Sheffield workshop @digirevolutions has the tweets #digirevolutions # Peering into the Fog of War: The Geography of the WikiLeaks Afghanistan War Logs 2004-2009 http://bit.ly/bpc0N7 (via @wikileaks) #

Carl Malamud: 10 rules for radicals. Talk at WWW2010 http://public.resource.org/rules/ # Apple event livestream http://bit.ly/bToARb # We have the tools for sharing and openness in HE, now we need the culture says JISC's Malcolm Read http://bit.ly/dwrDfj (via @lovle) # NESTA report on university-business links and innovation http://bit.ly/boRNvG # The Power of Open Data http://bit.ly/94eGoE (via […]

'To be tired of links is to be tired of life' http://bit.ly/ahSAxG <critique of Carr's The Shallows # Giving away free courses AND instruction online. Stephen Downes: http://cultr.me/9YqTqr (via @openculture) #opencourseware #OER # Beyond Caveat Emptor: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=3236 HTs to @jobsworth @joeandrieu #VRM #CRM #vrmcrm2010 (via @dsearls) # Journalist or collective wanted to take over The […]

Telly Savalas Looks At Birmingham http://bit.ly/dzFvGM via http://paper.li/kcorrick # take government data and make a map for non coders – google fusion tables http://bit.ly/cbXT6N #opendata #foi (via @willperrin) # "Copying Y Combinator – WHY and HOW" from @jedc includes the data. http://bit.ly/zG3Bf Awesome # "Why the seed investment bubble is exactly that" http://bit.ly/9Aweck (via @deburca) […]

'No Conflict Between Creator and Consumers' animation from Finsta / TPB AFK team http://vimeo.com/14487234 # "TPB AFK is not a fan movie about the Pirate Bay, neither is it a journalistic piece on copyright conflict." http://www.tpbafk.tv/blog/ # waldeck, eddie harris trio, bugs, the shiffers, tricky, stanley cowell, 3rd bass on http://www.rootdown.fm all #music #radio (via […]