the open web
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Stuart Theobald has written a great piece for the Sunday Times yesterday on the leak of confidential sections of the Competition Commission inquiry into the South African banking sector on wikileaks.com (which neither I nor Bekka can get to for some reason – check it out and let me know if you’re also having a
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David Sasaki mentioned the lack of open data in last year’s 24.com SA blogger survey in this post, but it was glossed over, I guess, because of his more controversial statements about blogger diversity. Now, after reading the results to find out more information about the South African blogosphere, I’m surprised that no one else
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Dirk Visser of Brightest Young Minds just sent me the great news that their new co-working space in Cape Town is now open. The prices seem really affordable, the location is great, and Dirk says that ‘There are still a few more features that will come on-line in time such as a podcast studio and
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I just received a copy of David Bollier’s new book which goes out for sale today. I had the pleasure of meeting David on a few occasions where he asked all the right questions about the commons movement around the world. In the future, we’ll talk to our kids about this time, so it’s great
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I can’t believe I missed this. A year ago, Zoopy announced Creative Commons integration enabling users to retain copyright and choose their own licenses and sharing conditions. Very cool. (Belated) congrats, Jason and the team 🙂 One suggestion, though: doesn’t look like there’s any explanation of CC in the drop-down menus or the terms. Probably
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A very limited release. Order here.
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If you don’t get excited about the iSummit after watching this, then I want to know. And if you’re excited enough to want an iSummit in South Africa next year, join the African Commons Project mailing list here.
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‘We are helping make the Internet a place… where you and your neighbors build the world you want. that generates not only economic value, but also civic and social value. that is optimized for multiple languages and locales. that is trustworthy and has minimal risk for users.’ (Mozilla Foundation site) Two weeks ago, Mark Surman
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