Author Archives: take21

Visualisation: Gapminder now on the desktop http://bit.ly/bXoLYB # OpenHeatMap: Custom Heat Maps for Geo Data http://bit.ly/dnq664 (via @rww) # OpenHeatMap uses OpenStreetMap http://www.openheatmap.com/gallery.html # Fwix HyperLocal Search using Google #Maps http://bit.ly/ba5mPO nice radius tool (via @mapperz) # Watching: "Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks" #TED talk http://bit.ly/dnOBgp (via @deburca) # UN's Food /Agriculture Org […]

If I was a developer, I wouldn't be thinking about SOCIAL. I'd be thinking: how can I use all of this DATA? http://bit.ly/dBcWfu (via @rww) # On the Ushahidi blog Crowdsourcing with Humanitarians in Training http://bit.ly/cTkgKn (via @ushahidi) # Briefing paper on “The Semantic Web, Linked and Open Data” http://bit.ly/9MziQU (via @okfn) #

Southampton ECS Infrastructure RDF in the Public Domain http://bit.ly/bRnUrn (via @iand @cgutteridge) # Guardian: Austerity drive will hand billions to private sector http://bit.ly/c57KLP # Capita: "A major problem for the public sector is, we feel, a significant opportunity for us." http://bit.ly/c57KLP # Galbraith on banks, regulation, financial crisis http://bit.ly/bxixz4 "The financial crisis in America isn't […]

my build a diy datastore for your town for £zero has had over 500 views already #opendata http://bit.ly/bp5AYp (via @willperrin) #wmod10 # TED global internet pledge from @wilperrin http://bit.ly/aA8ieT # OUT-LAW: Government advisory body publishes review of copyright and contract laws http://bit.ly/9OYHe0 (via @lawtweets) # Fun Google Maps mashup – watch people downloading OECD stats […]

1 ticket remaining for Hacks and Hackers Hack Day – Birmingham Fri 23rd http://hacks-hackers-birmingham.eventbrite.com/ # Online Journalism blog: An introduction to data scraping with Scraperwiki http://bit.ly/cL9nPv # Thanks everyone for #wmod10 Resources at http://www.pageflakes.com/wmro/30007179 # JISC briefing paper: semantic web, linked & open data http://bit.ly/btPtTO <overview # Billion Dollar-o-gram updated. Keep scrolling for the financial […]

RT @Documentally: RT @markrock: Latest audioboo update. Background uploading and more: http://bit.ly/cY7Wiz [iTunes] (via @JoshHalliday) # Data-driven journalism: Enriching the news http://bit.ly/dafVos (via @ejcnet) # #wmod10 The Open Data event on Thursday is now fully booked. It's going to be a busy one! ^GW (via @thewmro) # #wmod10 The PageFlakes is now filling up with […]

this is fun http://8bitcity.com/map?London – open streetmap in the style of a console game (via @metazool @iand) # Europe has lost 80 percent of its silent films http://ow.ly/186Ut7 (via @ejcnet) # After RDAs: Look before you LEP: As days go by we begin to learn more about what the coalition … http://bit.ly/cKaI9V (via @marcreeves) # […]

Ordnance Survey OpenData is 3 months old http://bit.ly/dAQJqn #opendata (via @OrdnanceSurvey) #

Soundwalks at urbansoundecology.org http://bit.ly/ahGK1p (via @cataspanglish @serial_consign) # The University of Reddit http://j.mp/c57mfW #p2p #learning (via @josswinn) # Reddit needs help: http://jr.ly/4ddk (via @jayrosen_nyu) # "But what about all the psychic animals all over the world that are getting things wrong?" (via @ingridk) # RT @mbauwens: in-depth profile of what we are attempting at the […]