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All your video are belong to us: open licence recordings of local government meetings
Andy Mabbett calls on local government bodies to open licence the videos of their meetings Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged audio, council, democracy, free speech, hyperlocal, journalism, lgovsm, lobbying, local government, open content, open licence, politics, satire, streaming, Streisand effect, video, wikipedia, YouTube
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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
Teaching OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia editing, Tupperware Party style
Andy Mabbett recommends teaching people to edit OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia in small groups in a social setting, based on recent experience. Continue reading
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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The BBC, Regional News and Sport, and Hyperlocal Blogs
Andy Mabbett reports the BBC’s agreement to his request that they consider linking to news stories on hyperlocal blogs and invites expressions of interest from suitable English bloggers. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, ideas, social media
Tagged B44, bbc, blog, blogging, blogs, hyperlocal, news, regional news, regions, Robin Morley, TheB44
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The BBC, Open Content and Wikipedia
Andy Mabbett describes how the BBC could make more use of Wikipedia’s open-licensed content on its regional news and sport pages Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, ideas, microformats, Pink Floyd, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Assay Office, bbc, Birmingham, hBiota, Mailbox, microformat, microformats, open content, Pink Floyd, Robin Morley, social media, species microformat, wikipedia
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Idea: A tool to make it easy to subscribe to web-based lists of Twitter accounts
Andy Mabbett proposes a tool to make it easy to subscribe to web-based lists of Twitter accounts. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, Twitter
Tagged Birmingham City Council, browser, idea, suggestion, tool, twitter, useful, web
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