Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: emacs bites – learn emacs and lisp in bite sized chunks The real deal | by @helenmilner Citizens Advice Bureau: showing things aren’t working as they should Remembering the Apple Newton’s Prophetic Failure and Lasting Impact You can’t write an app to fix a broken system … Keep reading

Bookmarks for May 14th through June 2nd

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. TWiki – the Open Source Enterprise Wiki – "A flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform, and web application platform." How digital engagement can save councils money – A great paper from Anthony at the Democratic Society. Read this! Living in … Keep reading

Interesting things in Peterborough

1. IBM, Opportunity Peterborough and Peterborough City Council are working together on a project which aims to transform Peterborough into the leading sustainable city in the UK. From the IBM website: The collaboration has outlined plans to launch a Sustainable City Visualisation project, which will initially focus on building a new online platform to monitor … Keep reading

Us Now

Quite a few folk have been lucky enough to see Us Now, a film made by Banyak Films in association with the RSA. Ivo Gormley directs. Here is how the film is described on its website: Us Now is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet. Us Now … Keep reading

Arts and Ecology

My good friend William Shaw has started working at the RSA recently, and is writing a blog called Arts & Ecology. William is a fabulous writer and has been blogging for while, and really Gets It. He also has some great ideas for mashing up creative work with online stuff. Well worth subscribing.