Monthly Archives: October 2006

Online Campaigning

By Craig | Published: October 31, 2006

Check out this site from the Save the Internet Coalition in the US. Especially check out the ‘Senate Tracker’. This is web based campaigning and ‘political communication’ at its finest. http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Posted in political communication, politics, web2.0 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality

By Craig | Published: October 31, 2006

Wow, this video from Senator Ted Kennedy in the US in interesting on a number of levels. One, he and his campaign has a profile on Youtube (which I find extrodinary), and two, he has some very interesting things to say about Net Neutrality.

Posted in blogs, political communication, politics, video, web2.0 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

International net domains ‘risky’

By Craig | Published: October 31, 2006

The global inter-operability of the internet needs to be preserved, Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the net, has told a global gathering in Athens (from BBC).

Posted in governance, internet, web2.0 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Stern Review on the economics of climate change

By Craig | Published: October 31, 2006

Here it is; the report from the UK Government on just how much it will cost us if we do not act upon the looming climate change crisis. Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, is delighted to present his [...]

Posted in politics | Leave a comment

Bed Time Politics

By Craig | Published: October 30, 2006

This guy on Youtube is really swithched on. I like him a lot. It’s good to see people doing this stuff (and check out the ‘ratings’). Let’s hope that he doesn’t grow up to become a facile ‘resume blogger’ like many in the academy (see previous video diary entry).

Posted in politics, video, web2.0 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Web Management Principles

By Craig | Published: October 30, 2006

An excellent guide from Web Services at the University of Melbourne on Web Management Principles (thanks for making it public). (Click Here .pdf)

Posted in internet | Leave a comment

NSW Migration Heritage Online Projects

By Craig | Published: October 30, 2006

The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a New South Wales Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission. www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au They do some excellent online oral history work. See some of the sites that they launched last year (thanks to Annette Loudon Website Coordinator). Belongings http://www.belongings.com.au A Place For The Friendless Female: Sydney’s [...]

Posted in history, humanities computing, web2.0 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

  • ...this blog is obsessively directed at profiling digital humanities developments in a cultural, social, and technical sense and in terms of books and applications...it is an aggregation or 'meta' style blog with the occasional commentary

    Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am a digital humanities analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, a consortium based at the University of Melbourne, however, the views expressed in this blog are the responsibility of the author alone.

    Subscribe

    Follow me on Twitter

  • Pages

  • Categories

  • Archives