take21.org/blog http://take21.org/blog tech, media, law, policy Fri, 18 May 2012 22:50:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Soupmix for 2012-05-18 http://take21.org/blog/?p=2159 http://take21.org/blog/?p=2159#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:50:00 +0000 take21 http://take21.org/blog/?p=2159
  • See also: Twitter is tracking you on the web http://t.co/tJUGbksn #
  • Why is Facebook going public?

    They couldn't figure out the privacy settings either. (via @jedc) #

  • Booking open for Mapping Workshop BIrmingham 29th May http://t.co/SamEUMLR #
  • Remember if you want #FOSS4G in the UK in 2013 then #backthebid at http://t.co/fAKv4MQa (via @StevenFeldman) #
  • BBC: Met Police to extract suspects' mobile phone data http://t.co/s7QObfFk via @adrianshort #
  • Guardian: Twitter to use Do Not Track http://t.co/Hi3ndfM3 #
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  • Publishing
  • #core free access to scholarly publications http://t.co/prWgCm66 #openaccess#
  • #core free access to scholarly publications iOS app out, and gets a mention from info docket http://t.co/1G30nkqX (via @ostephens) #
  • Flipboard adds sound, now accessible for visually impaired users http://t.co/2xmhh839 ht @covert#
  • The Ebook of My Dreams http://t.co/SEhU132E < sounds a lot like a website. Ask a librarian not a vendor (ht @ottonomy) #
     
  • Freedom of Information
  • The #SaveFOI Daily http://t.co/PJxB5tOs ▸ latest #FOI coverage (via @ActNowTraining) #
  • Justice Committee scrutiny of the Freedom of Information Act video archive http://t.co/dzPIWXwk #FOI #saveFOI #
  • Francis Maude at FOI-scrutinising Justice Ctee today. Hope members have read @tim2040 post http://t.co/Fpz77huy (via @SaveFOI) #saveFOI#
  • Today is last evidence session of Justice Committee’s FOI scrutiny. Follow @SaveFOI for coverage http://t.co/JGOKqL18 #saveFOI#
     
  • Mapping
  • .@knightfdn Fellow’s Digital Platform to Use #OpenData to Monitor Amazon Rainforest http://t.co/wVLcCmav (via @Liberationtech) #
  • Crowdsourced Crisis Mapping: How it Works and Why it Matters http://t.co/QBDPpujO (via @drawbynumbers) #
     
  • In other News
  • Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality http://t.co/cQxOIyPs#
  • Recipes and Household Tips from Great Writers. http://t.co/xhO7dakd (via @openculture) #

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  • “Critical Questions for Big Data” paper by @zephoria & @KateCrawford published in Info, Comm, & Society http://t.co/VWjGXYoX (via @zephoria) #
  • There is still time to send a paper to next month’s IP & technology law Unconference in Edinburgh http://t.co/2Tuzk3pb (via @technollama) #
  • The hard part of solution journalism is agreeing on the problems. http://t.co/zJDVzqMc (via @jonathanstray) #
  • Is red wine good for the health of press releases? Great question, @deborahblum http://t.co/TvixKDTE (via @ivanoransky) #
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  • Food box home delivery from producers app from GeoVation winner @Food_Nation http://t.co/5S1AcjmH (via @GeoVation) #
  • Mapping the financial sector in South Africa http://t.co/mQ5P8SOd #
  • Refreshingly sceptical: Is There Big Money in Big Data? http://t.co/DFIx3YAT #
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  • Call for Entries: $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge http://t.co/iGbIIu9M #
  • Independent: How spending cuts delivered the double dip http://t.co/fZyPoopi #
  • RT @jjn1: Blog post » In banking, Hypocrisy rules OK http://t.co/2bZTAntP < JP Morgan, Dodd-Frank, regulation #
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  • .@daeaves response to Tom Slee’s Open data movement is a joke http://t.co/8xcz0Y1k #open data #
  • Jo Bates open government data paper. It’s political http://t.co/Tjg6l3Td #opendata #
  • RT @tom_watson: Open Data Movement Redux: Tribes and Contradictions: http://t.co/nD6OOfom #
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  • Planning Alerts: community scrapers ahoy! http://t.co/BXxaeeYS #
  • RT @newsycombinator: Apple to drop Google Maps in iOS 6 for in-house Maps? http://t.co/cMgX1RAW #
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  • Compare and contrast
  • RT @lawsnippets: #Law #Order #News Queen’s Speech: ‘Surveillance of the entire nation’ http://t.co/0Z5y9eMI #
  • La Quadrature: The Netherlands is first EU country to adopt a law protecting Net neutrality http://t.co/fDk6ay3Z # Where would  a tech  startup choose to locate?
     
  • Transparency EU
  • http://t.co/cNhKp8no: New privacy rules keep 92% of Common Agricultural Policy beneficiaries secret http://t.co/RT8FZ4xd #
     
  • Transparency, NHS
  • John Healey MP takes risk transparency mission to the #NHS Commissioning Board http://t.co/mEu6qEhT via @HSJEditor #FOI 
  • ICO statement on the NHS Risk Register ministerial veto http://t.co/jqbrwm4e #
  • NHS risk register’s publication vetoed by cabinet http://t.co/XehZOrO6 #

  • Mapping, OpenStreetMap
  • Number of registered OSM members 606342 - http://t.co/n67bP1QK and other interesting #openstreetmap stats #
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  • RT @newsycombinator: 55,000 Twitter passwords leaked http://t.co/FFkbsz4t #
  • Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO)’s first Impact Report. £2.1 million spent,19 staff. One pie chart http://t.co/3fxvQf47 #
  • Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO)’s first Impact Report. Spent £530k on events, 5 firms relocate http://t.co/QlXTKS6o #
  • RT @ProPublica: Pink slime is just the beginning. Check out our collection of watchdog journalism on food safety: http://t.co/9ECrIq9v #
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  • RT @digiphile: “@Facebook’s nearly 1 billion users have become the largest unpaid workforce in history”-@doug_laney http://t.co/AV5S4rEJ #
  • Carr/Benkler: did commercial or peer production win on the web? Carr http://t.co/LpII7I9v Benkler http://t.co/l9o3y69q #
  • RT @Liberationtech: “Google tracks you. We don’t.” An illustrated guide by @DuckDuckGo http://t.co/rgHA2hj8 #
  • A Crash Course in Data Journalism from @jonathanstray http://t.co/3ED5HdCP #
  • .@jonathanstray on Rebecca Hamilton’s Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide http://t.co/dphSfcwF #
  • Fearsquare. A Foursquare with crime stats. Laugh? Cry? http://t.co/YwWsPsCD (via @danslee @carolinebeavon) #
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