Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Bathcamp 26: The spirit of openness

I’ve signed up to ‘curate’ and speak at the next Bathcamp [5th Oct 8pm-10pm]and have put together an evening around this idea of “the spirit of openness”. Over the last couple of years I’ve become more and more interested in this slightly ‘wooly’ idea of the open web. I dabbled with open education, open access and…

September 14, 2011
Mozilla Makers

Mark Surman, Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, has written a couple of posts lately about the role of Drumbeat and a possible future role for Mozilla in helping shape the idea of ‘webmakers’. I have found this of particular interest because I’ve come to realise in the short time since I signed up to…

September 9, 2011
Science Online London #solo11

Yesterday I attended the Science Online London event at the British Library with a slight sense of trepidation. Despite my current employer I’m not exactly what you’d call science friendly! In fact the majority of my exposure to science over the years has been of the fictional kind 🙂 That said I like to think…

September 3, 2011
(the Day Job) Paper producing machine..

..is what I seem to have become 🙂 After 9 months in my current job I am finally starting to feel like I am delivering on the possibilities I sold the panel in my interview. At the moment though a considerable amount of this seems to be producing papers – whether they be visions, strategies,…

August 26, 2011
Volunteering at the Mozilla Festival 2011

Today I signed up as a volunteer for the Mozilla Festival that is taking place in London during November. Last year I helped out as a conference blogger at the first Festival in Barcelona and got alot out of the experience and wanted to show my support again this year (even though it being in…

August 26, 2011