Open Data & The Rewards of Failure
Great set of slides explaining the issues around the publishing of public data online, by Chris Taggart. Open Data & The Rewards of Failure View more presentations from countculture.
Month: May 2010
Instruments of torture
Nicely put by Gerry McGovern: Over the years I have been struck by how awfully designed internal systems are. Most internal tools I come across are more like instruments of torture than the drivers of efficiency they are supposed to be. What is even more shocking is that nobody in management cares. There is an … Keep reading
Election day
Go and vote. Oh, and I love Google’s logo today:
Using social media in learning
A question was asked in the social media community of practice (various levels of authentication required) about using web 2.0 technology to support learning. I couldn’t help myself… Blogging Using blogs to record and share learning is a really nice use of technolog. Blogging is great for writing stories and sharing experience, especially when everyone … Keep reading
Using a PC
I’ve had a pretty settled tech line-up for a while, which works really well for me. Essentially – 24” iMac on the desktop, MacBook Air for the portable and an iPhone for the really portable. The iMac is fine for the grunt work, sitting at the desk ploughing through pretty much anything – with 4gb … Keep reading