December 2008
6 posts
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Dec 18th
WatchWatch
I’ve been following AngryBeth on Tumblr for a shortwhile.  She’s a Leeds based artist working in Second Life.  Her blog on blogspot is an interesting meander through creating in that space and the possiblilities. I’ve been keeping an eye on Second Life for a while now - not in any great indepth way.  My first foray was a couple of years ago and I realised that the time and...
Dec 16th
Some of Johnathan Harris' work →
Instructions for today - follow the link above and type ‘Mental Health’ into the search box.  Pick any number of stories from the Mental Health Universe (that will after some patience, load) I discovered Johnathan Harris a while ago through one of his sites done in collaboration with Sep Kamvar who interestingly is working on how to measure fiscally the impact of social capital.  If...
Dec 15th
Did you know there was a Minister for Digital... →
I’ve attached the link to Tom Watson MP’s blog.  He’s been a Political Blogger for approaching his 6th year now.  He’s actively using mechanisms to connect with constituents and community.  Below is part of his speech on the  Power of Information given after the commissioning of Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg of the independant Power and Information Review . “I believe...
Dec 12th
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Dec 3rd
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Unknown unknowns: assessing media futures →
“If we are to facilitate innovation in the media, we need a clear understanding of the forces and dynamics that shape it and the relationship of media, technology and society in general. Today we also need to interrogate the widely held view that technology drives business and society, and that progress is linear and inevitable. We might even question the revolutionary hype around the media...
Dec 2nd