Feb
5
written by:
James Burke
05 February 2010
I’m treating this blog post as an experiment to see if reflecting on tweets over the past week unearths any useful activity for taking forward!
Saturday started with some thoughts about the increasing reach of social networks with Microsoft emerging as a player in terms of numbers, the public nature of our various profiles and the power that these social circles can provide. The evening saw the first episode of #bbcrevolution which prompted thoughts on content licencing, potential use of creative commons and possible unintended breaches of BBC copyright and their permissive licence.
Sunday saw the expansion of the “commons” thinking in the form of an anti-bribery and a zero rupee note and wikipedia crowdsourcing their content via co-operation with UK museums.
The weekend saw @KathySierra close her twitter account and her post on “Is Twitter TOO good?” seemed quite prescient. The Apple iPad related news and conjecture continued with more iPad nonsense from Charlie Brooker (who also has a great video on “How to report the news”) and a video of the keynote condensed down to 3 minutes.
Tuesday unearthed another “Open Source” car - although I’m sure that Fiat will contest their claim to be the first. Thoughts on the Digital Economy Bill continued and NESTA revealed research relating to an audience thirst for “digital theatre”.
@davidcoxon linked to a great video documentary on digital futures (that I must go back and watch in full) and I liked the term “freedom to fail” when used in relation to exploring the benefits of e-learning. data.gov.uk continued to attract interest along with comparisons with the US service, OER was found by Brigham Young University not to have negatively affected enrolments (although not positively promoted either) and @lessig announced a “wireside chat” about copyright in a digital age for later in the month and one to put in the diary.
On Thursday The Culture Show had an excellent 10 minute slot on the Digital Economy Bill (“mainstream” TV!) and the Australian band “Men at Work” lost their plagiarism case. New word of the day was “nogotiable” from @richardmlane.
Friday saw the continuation of the “open” theme this week with a Sim City type approach to patents and an Open Source 3D printer that can be used to replicate itself.
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