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Soupmix for 2010-09-09

take21 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Statement on The future of NHS National Programme for IT http://ow.ly/2BF3B (via @Caledebois) #
It's #opentech on Saturday http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/ #
Can you help make http://meetthecommunities.helpfultechnology.com/ happen? Venue needed, October (via @lesteph) #

take21 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Tim Biscoe: A case for basic research (pdf) http://bit.ly/cbNAdw #
Vince Cable – Science, Research and Innovation Speech http://bit.ly/9VGkuH #
Nature http://bit.ly/d9xIgu and Austin Elliott http://bit.ly/bNyZ0G on Vince Cable and scientific research.(via @Maxine_Clarke) #
BioMed Central drafts position statement on open data http://bit.ly/cTLgAK Please comment. (via @mfenner) #
Plos: B Vitamins Slow the Rate of Accelerated Brain Atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial http://bit.ly/dsyNKZ #
How can health data be used to solve problems and make decisions? http://ow.ly/2AXzr Join a Live Q & A on 8th Oct #opendata (via @NHSlocal) #

take21 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Why waste time? First Birmingham Hacks/Hackers meetup on Sep 20 http://meetup.com/u/1J7F (via @paulbradshaw) #
Making of No corras tanto (take it easy) http://www.vimeo.com/6734475 #
Take It Easy: Sand animated film, using only a camera, light table & sand. No special effects: http://cultr.me/cPPnt9 (via @openculture) #
Beyond Access: Public Consultation on access to information and #open #government #data http://j.mp/bjMfwm (via @josswinn) #
"How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags" http://huff.to/bnVHFa (via @zephoria) #
How #OpenData is Used Against the Poor
http://j.mp/dBko1k #digitaldivide (via @paulbradshaw) #

take21 — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Introducing Read+Comment for commentable public documents, from @lesteph http://bit.ly/d50eiO #
Introducing @opencharities Making the #charities register #opendata http://bit.ly/c3kBfC (blog: http://bit.ly/cqMF8W) (via @OpenlyLocal) #
Thoughts on the Arcade Fire/Milk/Koblin browser video "The Wilderness Downtown": http://bit.ly/a1RN1d (via @serial_consign) #
Where next on the ScraperWiki Hacks&Hackers tour? Manchester on 15th Oct, Leeds on 28th Oct http://is.gd/eXkLj (via @ScraperWiki) #

take21 — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Drawing the line between Twitter and Facebook http://bit.ly/dq4V1I (via @jjn1) #
Chiropractic chapter of Trick or Treatment is free online. For Drs, patients, skeptics, chiros, etc http://is.gd/eVNgf (via @SLSingh) #
A simple explanation of the term "Net Neutrality" http://bit.ly/cE6Tn2 (via @tom_watson @InternetLaw) #

take21 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

What would scholarly communications look like if we invented it today? By @cameronneylon http://bit.ly/b61aKS (via @BoraZ) #
OpenTech on September 11 – "Talks by people who work on things that matter" http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/ (via @OpenRightsGroup) #
#ff @peterdcox @seancoleman @grantkeir @carolisides @djsoup @teresamisc (via @digirevolutions) #digirevolutions #
Birmingham aerial imagery http://bit.ly/bCSRso Will Birmingham be the best mapped city in the UK? #OSM via @mappamercia) #
Vancouver's Green Building Brain http://greenbuildingbrain.org/ sustainable design, maps #opendata #
Vancouver's Green Building Brain thrives on shared data http://tinyurl.com/32y92lg #opendata (via @citizensuite @TraceyLauriault) #
LGA publishes expenditure data http://bit.ly/bNYq4g (via @ingridk) #
Greenpeace Demands Facebook "Unfriend Dirty Coal" For Its New Oregon Data Center http://rww.tw/cQgqS3 (via @RWW) #
Arcade Fire The Wilderness Downtown all HTML5 interactive video http://bit.ly/ai9n9c about http://bit.ly/9SxonP #

take21 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

A good day at Crossover Labs Sheffield workshop @digirevolutions has the tweets #digirevolutions #
Peering into the Fog of War: The Geography of the WikiLeaks Afghanistan War Logs 2004-2009 http://bit.ly/bpc0N7 (via @wikileaks) #

take21 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Carl Malamud: 10 rules for radicals. Talk at WWW2010 http://public.resource.org/rules/ #
Apple event livestream http://bit.ly/bToARb #
We have the tools for sharing and openness in HE, now we need the culture says JISC's Malcolm Read http://bit.ly/dwrDfj (via @lovle) #
NESTA report on university-business links and innovation http://bit.ly/boRNvG #
The Power of Open Data http://bit.ly/94eGoE (via @okfn) < also recommend David Bollier's Viral Spiral http://bit.ly/aKhD9W #

take21 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:39:00 +0000

'To be tired of links is to be tired of life' http://bit.ly/ahSAxG #
Giving away free courses AND instruction online. Stephen Downes: http://cultr.me/9YqTqr (via @openculture) #opencourseware #OER #
Beyond Caveat Emptor: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=3236 HTs to @jobsworth @joeandrieu #VRM #CRM #vrmcrm2010 (via @dsearls) #
Journalist or collective wanted to take over The Stirrer http://www.thestirrer.co.uk/?p=2324 (via @marcreeves @thestirrer @alunthorne) #

take21 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Telly Savalas Looks At Birmingham http://bit.ly/dzFvGM via http://paper.li/kcorrick #
take government data and make a map for non coders – google fusion tables http://bit.ly/cbXT6N #opendata #foi (via @willperrin) #
"Copying Y Combinator – WHY and HOW" from @jedc includes the data. http://bit.ly/zG3Bf Awesome #
"Why the seed investment bubble is exactly that" http://bit.ly/9Aweck (via @deburca) #