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JISC, Rapid Innovation and Transparency
There appears to be something of a mini-revolution going on at JISC these days particularly coming out of the Information Environment team and their relationship with UKOLN. Support for events like Mashed Libraries, the CRIG Roadshow and the hugely successful Developer Happiness Days, as well as a commitment to blogging, Twitter and a general move…
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Seven Things You Don’t Know About Me
I’ve been tagged by Stuart Brown from the OU to take part in this meme – usually I don’t bother but Backpass is becoming a bit more personal as I blog more at Jiva and this is a nice way to continue that and plus I actually have something to write. Most people who know…
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Remixing Youtube – Thru You
I doubt there are many people out there who haven’t come across this by now but nevertheless it is so damned impressive that I thought I would join in the love fest for it. Stan Schroeder at Mashable says it best I think “Israeli musician Kutiman has taken hundreds of YouTube samples – often non-musical…
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The Rise of the Airgonaut
The Save the Words site was brought to my attention by a post Alan Levine and I thought it looked kind of fun. The site is…interesting. Its certainly striking and different, I’m not actually sure whether I like it or not but its an impressive bit of work – particular for this sort of ‘campaign’.…
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JISC Conference 2009
This year is going to be the 1st time I have attended a JISC Conference without having to work (3 years of near nervous breakdowns and one managing the backchannel and social web elements) so I am very much looking forward to it. The move to Edinburgh is another big change to traditions (and certain…