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Travel $$ for Northern Voice 2010

travel shared CC by Joel Mann One of the reasons I find working with the other organizers of Northern Voice so satisfying is that everyone wants to keep the conference reasonably accessible. We try to keep the registration fees as … Continue reading

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Pay up to support free culture

It’s that time of year again. I have spilled a lot of verbiage about the world’s greatest radio station in this space over the years, and I’m almost at a loss to come up with something more. At this point, … Continue reading

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You can’t keep a good moose down

Due to some kind of sporting event that was held in Vancouver the past couple weeks, the Northern Voice weblog conference could not romp in its traditional mid-February domain… But the Moose is indomitable, and I’m pleased to pass on … Continue reading

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Breaking: Facebook patents feeds?

No stranger to creepy behaviour (ahem), Facebook has apparently been granted a patent of the ‘news feed’ – not sure if that applies to what I thought were standards (RSS, Atom) or if the proviso about ‘social networks’ is key. … Continue reading

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Fantastic web service concerning Canadian copyright and the arts

07-02-21-2 RMX Copyright -wrong? shared CC by GALERIEopWEG I was pleased to get a note yesterday from Martha Rans, who I met last summer when we collaborated on an event on copyright and the arts for last summer’s Open Education … Continue reading

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Boring site note…

…the ‘About‘ page might still be an embarrassment, but not because it hasn’t been updated in five years. This was done in some haste in spare moments, so I’m sure I’m forgetting things, or failing to credit everyone properly. Please … Continue reading

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The other elephant in the room…

Inspired by the courageous stand of Robert Scoble: First, let’s get the elephant out of the way, so we can talk about more important things — like how you can find all the news and information that you could ever … Continue reading

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They said it…

In the new 30-million-iPhones-strong Apple universe, OS X is old school. It’s a relatively open system, onto which I can install any program, get to any content, and even change how it works. I’m not obligated to go through Apple. … Continue reading

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Until the wheels come off…

I’m both honoured and terrified to be one of the speakers for the Innovating e-Learning 2009 Online Conference hosted by the fine folks at JISC. The program… err, the programme features a remarkable host of speakers on the theme of … Continue reading

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Where’s the bottom-up brilliance?

opened09 – follower relations shared CC by psychemedia One of my semi-regular listens in my weekly podcast rotation is Douglas Rushkoff’s weekly show on WFMU, the Media Squat. Rushkoff describes it as “freeform, bottom-up, open-source radio dedicated to solving some … Continue reading

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