Author Archives: take21

Social media news

By take21 | Published: May 1, 2010

“I encourage students to avoid PowerPoint.” List of more than 100 interactive presentation media from Howard Rheingold   News today: Twitter as newspaper eg http://paper.li/hrheingold   After blowing $120MM of VC funding Ning is laying off 40% of its staff and dumping free versions of its service 37 Signals tells it like it is   #Twitter […]

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iPad

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2010

cd-roms and ipads – analysis of publishing as a workflow and why iPad will not save glossy magazines. “For those of you blessed with senile amnesia or youth, CD-ROMs were the first wave of “interactive media” in the mid-eighties, and the great hope for publishing houses struggling to understand what they might be doing in the […]

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Google in April

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2010

  Google Maps Navigation video UK Google has enabled the turn-by-turn GPS navigation on all devices running Android version 1.6 or later   Out-law: Privacy commissioners collaborate on anti-Google action   Privacy watchdogs from 10 countries from around the world have written to Google to protest at those parts of its services that they believe […]

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Conferences in April

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2010

Technology priorities for Higher Education JISC 2010 Conference 12th and 13th April Presentations available   Sustainability LIve 20th and 21st April Presentations from the Achieving low carbon business opportunities seminar programme are available for download Open Knowledge Foundation conference 24th April programme  #okcon http://www.okfn.org/okcon/programme     Site for the ‘PayItForward’ RepRap meetups shown at #okcon […]

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Media law in April

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2010

Blogpost: BCA Drop Case Against Simon Singh Jack of Kent   And his libel fight is over: 50,000 signatures, 3 party pledges, 268 MPs backing EDM – www.libelreform.org   Does the Tories’ iPhone App violate the Data Protection Act? Call a friend   UK: Legal experts fear new case of ‘libel tourism’ European Journalism Centre […]

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Creative Commons, copyright & IP in April

By take21 | Published: April 27, 2010

Copyright Criminals documentary: sampling & IP law A documentary titled Copyright Criminals, which examines the messy three-way collision between digital technology, musical collage, and intellectual property law used 400 brief but unlicensed clips. ‘… one of those slapped with a suit was George Clinton—for sampling one of his own records. True story. “Yeah, I got […]

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Journalism in April

By take21 | Published: April 27, 2010

Follow the money. Tools for reporters investigating companies The Investigative Dashboard, or ID, is a space for investigative journalists and citizen reporters to find resources, share information, and learn new ‘tricks of the trade’. ID is not, however, just a collection of tools and tips. It is also part of an international initiative to encourage […]

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Local democracy

By take21 | Published: April 24, 2010

Council decision-making is ‘more secretive today than ever’ – Roy Greenslade Guardian April 15th Political Studies Association paper J Morrison: Spin, smoke-filled rooms, and the decline of council reporting by local newspapers download pdf   Hansard Society report Digital citizens & democratic engagement download pdf   Opening up local election data “As well as the […]

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Carbon

By take21 | Published: April 21, 2010

John Naughton: Cloud computing: the carbon footprint. Greenpeace report Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change   Guardian: Scientists cleared of malpractice in UEA’s hacked emails inquiry 14th April   Green ICT projects showcased: Sustainable ICT projects in six universities and colleges JISC   How we built the UK national carbon calculator […]

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Digital Economy Bill

By take21 | Published: April 7, 2010

JP Rangaswami to the music industry: The Digital Economy Bill: Be Careful What You Wish For   BBC: Call for ‘fuller’ debate on Digital Economy Bill   The debate in Parliament Download Tera consultants Building a Digital Economy report PDF “The substitution rate represents the number of units that would likely have been sold if […]

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