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Web Made Comics 2: Hackable Comics
I’ve been thinking about comics a bit differently lately. Mainly because I have just finished reading Supergods by Grant Morrison the second half of which really blew my mind (especially the idea of 2D fictional realities!) but also as I continue to become more interested in the possibilities of digital comics beyond just reproducing paper…
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Open Web Weekly…(2)
The Decline and Fall of The URL http://www.toolness.com/wp/2011/08/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-url/ An interesting post about the way Chrome and now Firefox have decided to ‘hide’ the http in their address bars and whether that is making it more difficult for users to learn about the underlying foundation of the web. I like the idea of; “Doing little things…
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ReMo: Unarmed and [not very] Dangerous
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tweet from the @mozpub account that introduced the Mozilla Representatives (ReMo) program and being a nosey sort I followed the link. It turned out that ReMo; aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla in their region/locale and wherever they…
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Drumbeat 2011 – Media, Freedom and the Web
Alongside landing my job with the MRC probably my best experience last year (at least relevant to this blog) was my involvement as a blogger and conference attendee at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona. I met a whole heap of interesting people and had a great time exploring Barcelona for the first time as…
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Watching the Wikipedians
I spent a few hours yesterday at Bristol University listening to a few members of Wikimedia UK (and Alex making a guest appearance from DC) give some extremely helpful insights into the world of Wikipedia (and some of its related projects.) While I’ve never been an active editor of Wikipedia I have followed the project…