Last night I went to the House of Commons for a panel session on “Government as a Platform”, I shall be writing up my notes, and putting them on my blog. Impressive panel but lots of thinking & work to do. …
Javascript
I have implemented the Nulis theme on my wordpress wiki, and have been developing a version upgrade at work for their wordpress site; it looks like I am going to have to get to grips with PHP and Javascript if I want to do more. It’s something I have been avoiding for years, but the latter at least is looking unavoidable if you want to write code and share it. …
hashtag
I really don’t like the way some people say the # in a tag as hashtag! i.e. “hashtagfail” or “hashtagtag” …
Making a Budget
A storify on Lwisham’s first post election budget meeting.
This is hosts a storify story and is published as at the date created. …
On the economics of copyright
When looking at the furore surrounding Julia Reda’s report to the European Parliament’s JURI committee, I am coming to the conclusion that those of us who argue for a fairer, more pro-consumer copyright settlement have won the economic arguments. The massive focus on the tiny change in duration reinforces this. All arguments I have had recently with proponents of the current settlement have rapidly moved from public good arguments to the issue of equity in investment, and the moral failure to compensate creators for their speculative investment. …