Category: thoughts
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The Coming of the X-Net
So the Digital Economy Bill was passed last night. Despite a well organised and well supported online campaign the majority of MPs simply did not engage in the debate and passed the bill with very little understanding of the potential damage it is going to do to the ‘real’ digital economy (not the backwards looking…
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BERG, Popular Science+ and the coming of the iPad
A few months ago BERG released a video that displayed their vision of how a magazine might work on the then mythical Apple Tablet. Called Mag+ it was very much a ‘concept’ video and I guess I wasn’t alone in thinking it had as much chance as being a reality as some of those concept…
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Ada Lovelace Day: Kathy Sierra
It’s Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science, and I’ve taken the pledge to write about a female heroine of science or technology. I am lucky enough to work in an organisation that is filled with intelligent, technologically minded women. JISC and…
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Disastrous Digital Economy Bill
If I’m honest I’m a bit useless when it comes to politics and causes. There are some things that I am passionate about but they exist in a different little box in my head than it is appropriate to share on this blog. That said the disastrous Digital Economy Bill is currently being pushed through…
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Darth Google video
Very clever video that is just another part of the increasing backlash against Google. Privacy concerns in particular seem to create a new mini-crisis for Google every couple of weeks (Buzz was a disaster and Streetview has as many doubters as supporters). To be honest even I have had a look at some of my…
