Well, we’ll see. Specifically in this case of the “trashing of material” from the Ruskin College archives: Why a database? We are very aware that the lives of many former Ruskin students have been recorded in prestigious biographical collections such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or in the various volumes of the Dictionary […]
A Friday afternoon conundrum: Ubuntu Desktop or Server to host an alt-media #openvideo #opentech portal on a commercial server? An alt-media project expanding within the constraints of very limited funding (which doesn’t provide for a paid sysadmin) aspires to offer a portal for a variety of ‘community’ managed video channels. The previous iteration was self-hosted […]
This is to let you know about a new website that’s a bit like Planning Alerts. StreetWire is like PlanningAlerts for every kind of local information. As well as planning applications, it will tell you about licensing applications, crime, events and local news near you. You can also share news with your neighbours, so if […]
SOCIAL INNOVATION CAMP is an experiment in using social technology for social change taking place here at the Young Foundation. At the moment, we’re especially looking for: * front-end designers * user experience/user interface designers * people with CSS/html skills * super-creative types who like building interesting and imaginative branding and marketing campaigns
Cascade Open Source Software Demonstration Day Friday 28 November 10:00am-4.00pm at LVSC, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA with Paula Graham from Fossbox and other invited speakers (Fossbox is East London CVS Network e-development project) Did you know there are high-quality, free alternatives to email, office, graphics, project management, web-editing, multimedia and many more types of […]
