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Category Archives: web standards
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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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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How should a hackday be run?
Andy Mabbett is soliciting advice on running a hackday Continue reading
Posted in ideas, open data, Uncategorized
Tagged crowd-sourcing, crowdsourcing, event, hack, hack-day, hackday, Hackday Manifesto, hacking, open data
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Politician pin ups – open-licensed pictures, please
Andy Mabbett calls on public bodies to provide open-licensed pictures of politicians and senior officers. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, ideas, local government, open data, photography, Wikipedia
Tagged accountability, aerial photography, Birmingham City Council, blogging, Bull Ring, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, copyright, Creative Commons, democracy, flickr, free, hyperlocal, journalism, libre, licence, licensing, local government, localgovweb, open data, open licence, opendata, OpenlyLocal, Paul Tilsley, photography, politicians, politics, social media, web, West Midlands Police, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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Bullet points from UK Govcamp 2012
Twenty of Andy Mabbett’s thoughts after UKGovCamp 2012. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, local government, open data, tagging, Twitter, Wikipedia
Tagged Anke Holst, beer, Brompton, Dan Slee, Dave Briggs, EdenT, emergency response, flickr, FoI, Freedom of Information, freelance, Glasto for Geeks, Liz Eden, London, London Transport, MabsBrompton, Microsoft, open data, OpenAttribute, Scottevest, social media, Steph Gray, SummerBeth, Terence Eden, trains, twitter, ukgc12, ukgovcamp, unconference, walking, wikipedia
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Extracting contact data from e-mail signatures
Andy Mabbett proposes a simple standard for recording contact data in plain text e-mail sigs. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, ideas, microformats, web standards
Tagged email, gmail, google, hcard, idea, metadata, microformat, vcard, vcf
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Open-licensing your images. What it means and how to do it.
Andy Mabbett gives an introduction to the concept of open-licensing images, and explains how you can contribute to the community by open-licensing yours. Continue reading
Posted in open data, photography, Wikipedia
Tagged CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-SA, copyright, Creative Commons, flickr, free, journalism, King Kong, libre, licence, licensing, Nicholas Monro, open data, open licence, Philip Mould, social media, web, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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The 9th and 10th QR Code commandents
Andy Mabbett replies to Terence Eden’s request for commandments for people using QR Codes. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, local government, microformats, web standards
Tagged busses, EdenT, hcard, microformats, nesky999, public transport, QR, QRCode, QRCodes, twitter:user=edent, twitter:user=nesky999, Vanessa Pearce, vcard
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Poll: To at or not to at?
Andy Mabbett idly wonders where to put the “@” symbol when linking to Twitter profiles. Oh, and coincidentally, he’s trialling a WordPress plugin for polls. Continue reading