Digital by Default

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  • Cookies climb down?

    It seems that the ICO, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that the constant barrage of complaints from just about everyone involved in the web industry about the new Cookie law might well contain a kernel of truth. As such less than 48 hours before the law was/is due to be enforced they have made…

  • Gov:West goings on

    Gov|West the mini-conference I am putting together for the Bath Digital Festival has really come together over the last few days. The plan is to have eight or nine 20 minute case study talks from some smart folk doing cool digital stuff either in or for the public sector with most of the speakers being…

  • The Story So Far..[#drumbeat]

    It is now Friday morning and the last full day of the Drumbeat Festival and I thought I’d jot down some general impressions so far. It is certainly unlike any event I have ever been to before; part unconference, part hack day, some elements that feel like a proto-music festival or rave with just a…

  • Building an International School of Copyright and Creative Commons with P2PU

    At the moment there is a P2PU course called Copyright for Educators running in the US, South Africa and Oz and this session was about identifying ways of taking that course to the wider community considering all the differences from one jurisdiction to another. Currently the course is based around 3 case studies taken over…

  • Open Discovery at the Open Content Studio [#drumbeat]

    After the inspiring opening keynotes and a bit of shuffling around and organizing of rooms I found myself in the Open Content studio hidden away around the back of MACBA. The advertised Open Textbook hacking didn’t really materialise – instead there was a conversation about OER/OCW findability with representatives of Creative Commons, OCWC, Connexions and…