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Why free is good for everyone…

By Craig | Published: November 28, 2010

…20 years ago, set the agenda for far-reaching transformations in the political sphere, in economies everywhere, in social interaction, even in concepts of our own identity. And Berners-Lee succeeded in doing so for one reason: he released the technology for free.This simple decision, taken by a computer scientist used to working in environments that promoted [...]

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How to track Iranian protests online #iranelections

By Craig | Published: June 15, 2009

Here is how to find out about the Iranian elections online. Please send me your links. Also, Twitter’s down time has been rescheduled because of the important role that it is playing in the US elections (see link). Hash Tag: #Iranelections (search and post your blogs and tweets with this). Breaking Tweet http://www.breakingtweets.com Andrew Sullivan’s [...]

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Manual Castells at London School of Economics 9 July

By Craig | Published: May 20, 2009

The acclaimed author of the Rise of Network Society, Professor Manual Castells  will be speaking at LSE on 9th July and launching his new book ‘Communication Power’.  I can’t wait for this one; I have wanted to hear Castells speak for years.  As a PhD candidate in the late ’90s, Castells changed how I though [...]

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Reclaiming the local…

By Craig | Published: April 13, 2009

(thanks to the NY Times) If your local newspaper shuts down, what will take the place of its coverage? Perhaps a package of information about your neighborhood, or even your block, assembled by a computer.   Minh Uong/The New York Times A number of Web start-up companies are creating so-called hyperlocal news sites that let [...]

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Media Talk: Twitter @G20

By Craig | Published: April 3, 2009

Here is a podcast (audio); a reflective analysis of the use of new media such as twitter at the G20 protests by a panel of media experts. Matt Wells and the panel discuss Twitter and the new forms of digital journalism at G20 (link) Here is the app. for the iphone called Audioboo that is [...]

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Google Street view

By Craig | Published: April 2, 2009

This is how ridiculously large Google’s street view has become. This is am image of my mother house who lives in rural Tasmania about 5 miles outside of the nearest town! View Larger Map

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Communication Power in the Network Society

By Craig | Published: March 31, 2009

Manual Castells, who has a new book out in July called ‘Communication Power’ gave a lecture at the OII (Oxford Internet Institute), in October last year. Those kind folks at OII have provided a web-cast of it online.  There are also a number of other noterieties with web-cast-lectures. Most notable Ted Nelson, Jimmy Wales, Steven [...]

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