Posted on December 8, 2014July 21, 2019 by billthomuk| The BillBlog
I gave a talk at Wikimania 2014 in the Democratic Media strand. These are my speaking notes – what I said was different, but roughly aligned with this.| The BillBlog
This morning I spoke at the Publishing for Digital Minds conference which precedes the London Book Fair. These are my speaking notes.| The BillBlog
There’s been hardly any snow in the Dales this year, a stark contrast to 2013. It should make lambing a lot easier for the farmers in Stonesdale.| The BillBlog
In May 1994 I attended WWW’94, the inaugural World Wide Web conference at CERN, outside Geneva.| The BillBlog
As promised here’s the text of the talk I gave at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. It is part of the Oxygen Lecture Series, organised by the University of East Anglia to address subjects – from digital technology to the environment – of critical contemporary relevance to society at venues in London and Scotland.| The BillBlog
Yesterday and today I’m giving talks about Makers and Maker Culture, one at UEA’s London campus and one at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. They are the first of the Oxygen Lecture Series, organised by the University of East Anglia to address subjects – from digital technology to the environment – of critical contemporary relevance to society at venues in London and Scotland.| The BillBlog
Earlier today I took part in a panel discussion at Watford Palace Theatre – where they serve illy coffee, I’m pleased to report – as part of the Ideal World season for which the theatre worked with CRASSH – the Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. The theatre commissioned three plays on technology and its impact on human life and we were there to discuss some of the wider implications.| The BillBlog
I don’t have a problem with sending journalists to gaol.| The BillBlog
At Opentech 2013 today I gave a talk about the ‘State of the Intersection’ as part of a wider debate about the value of open data with Gavin Starks from the ODI.| The BillBlog