giving it promo on the best geek podcast in the world

an open sourced book writing project, supported by NESTA

anonymity in cyberspace ruins everything.

Google extraction escalates war of words with China

a webcast video of the debate between Lord Drayson & Dr Ben Goldacre

help open up the data on the web by contributing scraper code for public data on this wiki. or search for scraper code if you want public data.

still loving this award-winning multiplatform documentary/game/arg from Channel 4 and Wellcome. Really excellent.

Series producer Russel Barnes explains the thoughts behind the development of Virtual Revolution

coverage from Interactive Documentary

Douglas Adams, from 1999

a preview from Dissociated Press

Listing for Loose Ends, on which I share the mic with Ian McKellan, David Threlfall, Richard Herring & Clive Anderson

the text of Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech in DC on 21 January 2010

debabte on the issues on Radio 4's Today programme from Thursday 21st January 2010

a good idea: pairs runners with people with limited mobility in their local area so runners can deliver things and visit, and can exercise at the same time

The environment may be virtual, but the players are not only real: they are also active, willing and highly-motivated participants within an arena that elicits far more sophisticated, ‘realistic’ behaviours than any comparable laboratory experiment. Not to mention that the quantity and depth of data that can be derived from virtual worlds is of a level that was only being dreamt of in the social sciences a few decades ago.

from The Economist

taking over the workplace

nice little schematic from appfrica

new media solutions to real world social problems

from innovation to mainstream: how 'digital' has entered the public's consciousness, on University of oxford's TALL blog

handy how-to's from The Guardian on everything and anything.

digital photo courses (London), including 4-day workshop and 2-day beginners courses

from tom and tom

sticking to their guns

Wise words from Steve, as part of nutgraf's ongoing 'Great Advice' series