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Digest for 2nd July

Transparency Board (sameday) response on openness of local spending data http://data.gov.uk/blog/work-local-spending-data “10 Principles for Linked Data in the Culture Sector « Linked Data for the Culture Sector” http://is.gd/dcHcL Announcing the Birmingham Hacks & Hackers day http://bit.ly/98Y4AU #opendata WordPress adds audio posts: phone it in. http://bit.ly/9eT7yW mySociety is to be the recipient of $575k grants http://bit.ly/deNfSj […]

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Education, OER

OpenCourseWare economics in the New York Times Creative Commons blog Radio 4 19th April: The Report on the impact of funding cuts/poor management on UK Universities iPlayer link   Anya Kamenetz on the future of US higher education: Adapt or Decline InsideHigherEd Anya Kamenetz on alternative education, interview video   Moodle & WordPress stats http://moodle.org/stats/ […]

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Social media news

“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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February #2

Infographic: gender, languageHe Said / She Said – words that men and women use in blogs more than the other genderInfographic: Regionalism in action – BIS investment intensity over time LibelPress standards & libel: Culture Media & Sport select cttee report in full download PDFLibel Reform campaign petition Mapping, OpenStreetMapPost by Steve Coast, who started […]

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October #2

CopyrightRemix culture: “On the Legal Consequences of Sauces: Should [..]Recipes Be Per Se Copyrightable?” SSRN Google Book SettlementGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin on book settlement NY Times JournalismWikileaks devising a platform for anonymously leaking material to news outlets, others. ComputerWorld Media LawSuper Injunctions: the Trafigura storyLibel law: Simon Singh wins leave to appeal in BCA libel […]

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September #2

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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August #3

EducationHow long does it take to create one hour of eLearning? http://bit.ly/EeLbNScholarly publishing with WordPress http://bit.ly/kW34Q CensorshipNew Scientist: worldwide government initiatives to block, filter and control the internet http://bit.ly/1WesNZ Google Book SettlementBBC on Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo signing up to Open Book Alliance re Google Book Settlement http://bit.ly/tuSSkPeter Brantley and the Open Book Alliance – […]

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New blog, old blog

New URL for this blog. Same purpose: teaching, lecture notes and posts on technology, culture, law and business. What’s new? The name is shorter. Still to do: tidy up the archive of course material. Sidebar not ideal for navigation. Sometimes fast is good enough: export content from old blog, import to new blog. Thanks WordPress! […]

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