Author Archives: take21

RT @opendatawalsall: In five days spending transparency #opendata set has 47,000 visitors http://bit.ly/9kqwmp #gov20 (via @CountCulture) # Guide to sharing public sector data online http://bit.ly/9Lpqrc by @gavinwray @thewmro <Things you can do now. Excellent # The economic impact of mass digitization on copyright holders http://bit.ly/aiP6dr <- publishers revenues increased (via @AlbertoNardelli) #

Call phones from Gmail http://bit.ly/ch7wP3 # spambot @noerivas3 seems to map real social networks. Reposts tweets from a year ago # Google Android and US telecos. Not so open http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=5855 # RT @ruskin147 http://bbc.in/c3xua3 the sound of Britain – on the UK soundmap (via @soundarchive) # The #ukoer eval & synthesis project final report is […]

15 Birmingham tech start ups http://icio.us/gra5lj (via @pigsonthewing) #

"Towards a Global Autonomous University" (PDF) http://bit.ly/aXsBGs via edufactory site http://bit.ly/drnqQU (via @kiyanwang) # Where do researchers look for information? http://goo.gl/fb/WF55h (via @AJCann) # Find out how MapAction is using geography to help in Pakistan floods @GeoVation blog http://bit.ly/dD5fkD (via @GeoVation) # Mapaction in Pakistan http://www.mapaction.org/deployments/depldetail/196.html # More #localgov spending data @OpenlyLocal http://bit.ly/bxAySQ . Now […]

"Amusing Ourselves to Death" Huxley/Orwell…visualized http://j.mp/bEvUMs (via @amonk) (via @NiemanLab) #

How to search old tweets: 10 tools, 20 features http://icio.us/oia3k1 (via @pigsonthewing) #

Wikileaks encryption use offers 'legal challenge' http://bbc.in/c4QcnX # Video: Julian Assange @ Frontline club How Wikileaks is changing journalism http://bit.ly/aSHbXX # Presentation : The State of Linked Government Data http://slidesha.re/bEYK1i << v good summary (via @johnlsheridan @semwebcompany) #

BBC Dimensions: places, events things; overlays them onto a map http://bit.ly/b6pY6Y (via @MimasNews) <Visualise Pakistan floods # The curious case of council productivity: http://wp.me/pYgKk-7U (via @davebriggs @rogerlwhite) #

Foxconn hiring and relocating 400,000 workers. Foxconn employs 1.3 million people http://bit.ly/dgY21Z # That Topsy is everywhere http://topsy.com/ #

Sharing data leading to progress on Alzheimer's http://is.gd/emQMS (via @equaliser) # Directgov review: 4 questions for user feedback http://bit.ly/dedOju # Mediashow R4 on Reporters Without Borders /Wikileaks feat @newsbrooke http://bbc.in/byQjbS # Hack Warwickshire 2: prize will be an HD camcorder. Details & list of datasets http://bit.ly/bLtAw1 (via @WCCOpenData) # Twitter discussion http://bit.ly/9l6XEq of @johnlsheridan 's […]