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Author Archives: Andy Mabbett
Thank you Herkimer Elementary for a Twitter spam case study
Andy Mabbett has uncovered some suspect behaviour on Twitter. Continue reading
For I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (of the RSA)
Andy Mabbett has accepted the nomination to become a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Continue reading
Posted in about me, humour, open data, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged FRSA, open data, Royal Society, Royal Society for Arts, RSA, social media, The Strand
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How may I merge or duplicate Twitter accounts?
Andy Mabbett wants a tool to merge Twitter accounts – more specifically, to combine their lists of followers. Continue reading
My interview, about Wikipedia, with Jamillah Knowles, for BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Outriders’
Andy Mabbett was interviewed, about Wikipedia, by Jamillah Knowles, for BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Outriders’. Continue reading
Posted in about me, Wikipedia
Tagged Andy Mabbett, bbc, Jamillah Knowles, jemimah_knight, Outriders, pigsonthewing, QRpedia, Radio 5 Live, Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service, The King of Rome, twitter:user=jemimah_knight, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing, wikipedia, Wikipedian in Residence
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Open Up Your Content – a piece written for Hyperlocal West Midlands
Andy Mabbett wrote about Open Content for the Hyperlocal West Midlands unconference. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Creative Commons, Dan Slee, flickr, hyperlocal, Hyperlocal West Midlands, HyperWM, Kate Sahota, Liz O'nions, moral rights, open content, open licence, redistribute, remix, reuse, revise, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Si Whitehouse, Twitter:user=808kate, twitter:user=danslee, Twitter:user=siwhitehouse, unconference, wikipedia
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Don’t link to my Twitter profile!
Andy Mabbett wants people to link to his website, not (just), his Twitter profile Continue reading
Posted in about me, ideas, social media, Twitter, web standards
Tagged Andy Mabbett, blogging, facebook, google, Google juice, linkedin, linking, optimisation, PageRank, pigsonthewing, search, SEO, twitter, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing
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Requesting open-licensed, open-format recordings of the voices of Wikipedia subjects for Wikimedia Commons
Andy Mabbett asks people who are the subject of Wikipedia biographies to provide a short recording of their spoken voice, under an open licence. Other people can contribute sound recordings to Wikimedia Commons, too. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, open data, Wikipedia
Tagged Andrew Gray, audio, British Library, free content, media, Ogg Vorbis, open content, open licence, sound, Voice intro project, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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