Tag Archives: open data

Wikimedia Commons smartphone app released

Posted on 06/05/2013 by Steve Woods

Wikimedia Commons is a great resource: nearly 17 mn. freely usable media files that anyone can use for any purpose and to which anyone can contribute too! Contributing to Wikimedia Commons is also getting easier: it’s now possible to transfer … Continue reading →

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National Library of Scotland seeks Wikipedian in residence

Posted on 18/04/2013 by Steve Woods

Are you looking for a temporary job? Do you enjoy editing Wikipedia and can you teach others to do it too? If the answer to these questions is yes, a current vacancy at the National Library of Scotland may interest … Continue reading →

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Greece: regions should use open technologies

Posted on 09/04/2013 by Steve Woods

According to Ellak, a Greek open source advocacy organisation founded by 25 universities and research centres, Greek regional administrations should consider using open technologies, including free software and open data, when drafting their next regional management plans, EU open source … Continue reading →

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Hollyweb? Tell the W3C no thanks!

Posted on 05/04/2013 by Steve Woods

According to its website, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where its member organisations, a full-time staff and the public work together to develop web standards, whose mission is to lead the Web to its full … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia training coming to Oldham

Posted on 22/03/2013 by Steve Woods

A day’s training in editing and using Wikipedia in Oldham (reputed home of the country’s best black puddings. Ed.) has been announced by Wikimedia UK, the charity supporting the work of the US-based Wikimedia Foundation. The training day will be … Continue reading →

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Free University’s not so free knowledge

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Steve Woods

The words free (as in freedom. Ed.) and open are quite commonly associated with academia and education: free thought, open access to knowledge and such like. Indeed, these concepts are actually embodied in the names of some academic institutions, such … Continue reading →

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Open Data Manchester Special – An Open Data Future

Posted on 28/02/2013 by Steve Woods

If you’re in the Manchester area in mid-March, this event may be of interest to you. A panel discussion on the aspects of an the future of open data will be held at MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN … Continue reading →

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Coming soon – env[:hack]

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Steve Woods

A couple of dates for your diaries, readers: 16th and 17th March 2013. On those dates env[:hack] will be taking place all day in Bristol. According to the blurb, env[:hack] is a Hack Day organised by the Environment Agency with … Continue reading →

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Open data a closed book to most civil servants

Posted on 24/02/2013 by Steve Woods

An Open Data Insitute blog post of the first ever survey* into civil servants’ awareness of open data reveals an astonishing level of ignorance. Among the survey’s main findings were the following: 78% of civil servants do not know about … Continue reading →

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Wikimedia UK is recruiting

Posted on 11/01/2013 by Steve Woods

Wikimedia UK, the UK charity which supports the work of the Wikimedia Foundation (a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world and whose best known project is Wikipedia. Ed.), is looking to recruit some … Continue reading →

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