Updates
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“No known copyright restrictions”? Not really
I’m doing some research on what museums and cultural heritage institutions are doing to put their collections online and make them more accessible. A wonderful resource is Flickr Commons (wish we’d had it for…
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What is the ‘open web’?
‘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…
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‘Our stories are singular but our destiny is shared’
Last Christmas, I read Barack Obama’s memoirs: Dreams of my father – an autobiographical narrative about his life growing up in the U.S., trying to make sense of his identity as the child of…
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Why bother?
I wanted to look up the article that was written in Brainstorm this morning. I have the mag somewhere but wanted to read the online version. This is what ITWeb expects online readers to…
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Woices delights
Woices is a beautiful little site ‘that allows people to create, share and consume echoes, audio records which are linked to a very specific geographical location or real world object. Woices ultimate goal is…
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Moo cards rock
When I’m big, trienjte, I will buy your print. Copyright: trienjte
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MAKE. BUILD. And definitely also PLAY!
As I develop a draft concept document on a new iSummit in South Africa next year, I’m looking around at cool events to draw inspiration from, and perhaps form partnerships with. The International Development…
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‘Pass it on’ says Jamie Oliver
Now this is clever. Jamie Oliver, in an effort to ‘get the country cooking again’, has launched a campaign called ‘Jamie’s Ministry of Food‘. The idea is to get people to start up small…
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Ars Electronica in Jozi: Call for proposals
Just got this in an email. Sounds very exciting indeed! The Johannesburg theme is: ‘Neighborhood and co-existence’. ‘Join Ars Electronica, voestalpine and Linz09 on an expedition around the world and into our future. From…
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