Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: MOOC provider EdX goes open source – with an interesting choice of licence Making better choices for the technology we use Remember Ning? Once-buzzy social network has relaunched again as a publishing platform Why and how we publish digital content Wikis as flexible and powerful knowledge … Keep reading

Digital lit.

It strikes me that digital literacy is becoming more and more important, as more and more of the things we do in life are digitalised. It helps to understand how computers work if you want to buy some music these days, or watch a film, or read a book. Not just the physcial act of … Keep reading

Why start a blog?

There are a number of reasons why you might want to start blogging: You have ideas you want to share You have a story to tell You have knowledge you want to demonstrate You want to progress your career You want the great work your organisation does to get recognition All of these are great … Keep reading

Three excellent vintage Woz videos

Not much I can add to these. Well worth a watch. If you can’t see them, in the titles I have linked to the original YouTube pages. Steve Wozniak’s Pledge of Apple Allegiance – “One Notion Under Jobs” Steve Wozniak Describes Creation of the Apple II Steve Wozniak says Steve Jobs Formed Apple Knowing They’d … Keep reading

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The knowledge sharing paradox The MacSparky Markdown Field Guide Hyperlocal Voices: Geoff Bowen, Sheffield Forum Google Trust Why Ruby? Building the standard Next Steps Taken for data.ac.uk… Open Source meets Open Standards Tablet madness: Would Amplify pass a CRB check? And hideous tablet for women How … Keep reading