Author Archives: take21

October #1

By take21 | Published: October 30, 2009

ArchiveLegal delays have blown a hole in UK’s digital heritage GuardianJournalismYouTube Video: Clay Shirky on Internet Issues Facing Newspapers from Berkman Centre for Internet & SocietyArs Technica summarizes the Knight Commission report on serving the news needs of local communities local newsRoy Greenslade: Local news start-ups need professional input Guardian Freedom of InformationRight to inspect […]

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Coventry Conversations Autumn programme

By take21 | Published: October 14, 2009

Talks by media people at Coventry University. Open to the public. Gideon Coe (Radio 6 Music and Coventry alum) 
ETG3414 Oct13:00 – 14:00 Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) 
Coventry Cathedral15 Oct10:00 – 11:00 Shelly Jofre (BBC Panorama)
 ETG3413:00 – 14:00 Debbie Isitt (Feature film maker and Coventry alum) 
ETG3422 Oct13:00 – 14:00 Professors Richard Keeble, […]

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September #6

By take21 | Published: October 3, 2009

DesignTED video: Tim Brown (IDEO) urges designers to think big. From consumption to participation. Be inspired. Digital BritainISP responds: TalkTalk legal challenge if told to disconnect internet ‘pirates’. Times GuardianUK technology industry organisation responds to BIS Consultation on Legislation re illicit P2P file-sharing IntellectGovernment 2.0Calling open data developers: we need your help says Cabinet Office […]

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September #5

By take21 | Published: October 3, 2009

Google Book SettlementHuffington Post Pamela Samuelson: Google Book Settlement 1.0 Is HistoryUK academics: JISC seeks your views on the US Google book Settlement. A Write To Reply service. Government 2.0San Francisco App Store, open data – staff and citizens encouraged to build the government they want Mashable DataSF App ShowcaseCOI: benefits of government website auditing: […]

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September #4

By take21 | Published: September 23, 2009

DIY scienceUS students take stunning images of Earth from space: budget $150. Video Digital BritainSalford conference on the future of local media. ReportGoogle AppsGoogle Apps and government Google public policy blog Google Book SettlementGoogle agrees to revise book scanning settlement Out-LawUpdated with Several New Items: Google Book Settlement Hearing Postponed ResourceShelfPamela Samuelson: Department of Justice […]

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September #3

By take21 | Published: September 23, 2009

CopyrightBook sharing site Scribd rejects claims of copyright infringement Guardian Creative CommonsCC publishes study on interpreting “non-commercial” under CCBY & CC0 Creative Commons Digital BritainAttitudes to supporting non-BBC regional news from the licence fee. Preliminary findings. DCMS study. FacebookHow exactly is Facebook making money? GuardianHow Facebook tried to put a shine on $9.5m privacy suit […]

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Google in higher education

By take21 | Published: September 14, 2009

Paul Canning reports News that Portsmouth Uni has moved all of its students into the cloud with free, multi-lingual access to an advertising free version of Google Apps, including webmail with 7gb capacity, online documents, spreadsheets and calendars, chat and collaboration and site building functions.A win-win in the cloud for UK Public Sector? We’re going […]

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The Internet Manifesto

By take21 | Published: September 14, 2009

Is a modestly-titled list of propositions about ‘how journalism works today’ produced by 15 German bloggers and journalists Internet Manifesto.It’s pretty good at challenging mainstream media’s attempts to protect failing business models and traditional position as information gatekeeper. A piece by one of the authors in the Guardian.It’s also given to rhetorical conceit. Some of […]

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September #2

By take21 | Published: September 13, 2009

Digital BritainFeatured Artists Coalition opposes disconnections policy ISP reviewSplit in the organisations representing musicians. FAC vs Musicians Union, PPL ObserverThe BIS consultation on disconnections ends on 15th September.FT: UK government to approve TV product placement Uturn ebooksDavid Byrne “… scariest for publishers I guess, is that inevitably someone will hack the Kindle (or other formats) […]

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September #1

By take21 | Published: September 13, 2009

Cloud ComputingCory Doctorow: ‘ the main attraction of the cloud to investors and entrepreneurs is the idea of making money from you, on a recurring, perpetual basis, for something you currently get for a flat rate or for free without having to give up the money or privacy that cloud companies hope to leverage into […]

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