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BBC 15 Web Principles

By Craig | Published: March 14, 2007

Tom Loosemore, the head of the BBC’s Web 2.0 project, talked at a conference that I gave a gave a demo of ICT Guides at yesterday (called the JISC Conference) on the BBCs web initiative. He has developed a set of good practice principles for the BBC’s Web 2.0 initiatives, which respects the web as [...]

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Enterprise Wiki

By Craig | Published: March 6, 2007

OK, lets kill email. Here is an article for the Age iin Melbourne about enterpirse wikis. Sean Killeen works the wiki way. Like many modern executives Mr Killeen – the head of global product management at Australian hearing implant maker Cochlear – gets hundreds of emails a day, half of which are destined for the [...]

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Fake your friends

By Craig | Published: February 27, 2007

In the superficial world of online social networking, popularity has become a commodity that is bought and sold. FakeYourSpace.com – a companion service for MySpace, Friendster and Facebook – will from March 1 allow customers to buy attractive “friends” for displaying on their profile pages (from the Melbourne Age).

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UK Government Restrictions on Street Photography

By Craig | Published: February 27, 2007

(the software for No 10 was developed by MySociety.org) Signing up to ask the Prime Minister to Stop proposed restrictions regarding photography in public places The UK Govt are about to propose restrictions on photography in public places which could make street photography and documentary photography against the law. There’s a petition on the Downing [...]

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Fast Facts Found Online

By Craig | Published: February 23, 2007

This article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today. There is a small quote from myself on the use of Wikipedia for research. David Adams talks to four Australians who have helped to build the collaborative online giant that is Wikipedia. NEXT time you’re sitting at the computer – it may even be as you’re [...]

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Vidipedia

By Craig | Published: February 21, 2007

After 640-802, many professionals think that it is of no use to write 70-290 as well. This is why they skip it and go for 646-204 directly. Although this makes them eligible for 642-901 , but majority flunks the real exam. _____________________________________________ A wiki for video…check out this research at the the University of Newcastle [...]

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Fidel Castro Search Engine

By Craig | Published: February 19, 2007

Cuba built an internet search engine that allows users to trawl through speeches by Cuban leader Fidel Castro and other government sites, but does not browse web pages outside the island. The search engine (www.infosoc.cu/buscador) unveiled at a conference last week underscored restrictions on internet access in communist-run Cuba, which the government blames on US [...]

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