My comments elsewhere- OpenBenches - by @edent & @summerbeth
- Check for duplicated external identifiers (e.g. Scopus Author IDs) – Feedback & support for ORCID
- Decentralised Food Safety Reviews – Terence Eden's Blog
- Using the Hive Mind: WikiData Integration and Artist Pages
- #16276 (Pre-set for clocks does not prompt for number of faces) – JOSM
Tag Archives: Birmingham
What have I been up to, lately?
A round-up of some of Andy Mabbett’s recent activities. Continue reading
Posted in about me, Birmingham, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Andy Mabbett, Birmingham, BostinCamp, BrewCamp, GalleryCamp13, GLAM, GLAMWiki, Institution of Civil Engineers, Library of Birmingham, Lincoln, local government, Museum Association, New Art Gallery Walsall, OatCakeCamp, OpenStreetMap, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire County Archives, Si Whitehouse, social media, SotM!3, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service, Walsall, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, WikimediaUK, wikipedia, Wikipedian in Residence
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images
Andy Mabbett asks eBay to help Wikimedia Commons gather open-licensed images of historic items offered for sale through them. Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, ideas, Wikipedia
Tagged Birmingham, eBay, free, General Elliot, Henry Biggs, Moor Street, open licence, token, trade token, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
14 Comments
Will we get a warm welcome or a cold shoulder at Tech Wednesday?
Andy Mabbett notes that a new attendee at Tech Wednesday left with a bad impression, and suggests some lessons that might be learned. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, Birmingham, microformats, social media, web standards
Tagged Aston, Birmingham, Birmingham Science Park, Birmingham Social Media Cafe, BirminghamSPA, bsmc, C++, coffee, coworking, geek, geo:lat=52.488678, geo:lon=-1.887298, geotagged, html5, Jane Fisher, janefisherorganise, JaneOrganise, meetup, otaku_coder, social, social networking, SQL, tech, Tech Wednesday, techies, twiitter:status=70436025842933760, twitter:user=birminghamspa, twitter:user=JaneOrganise, twitter:user=otaku_coder, twitter:user=techwednesday, vcard, web design, web development
2 Comments
Portrait with Brompton Bike
Portraits of Andy Mabbett, part of the Birmingham Cyclists project by Pete, aka Dividenthal. Continue reading
Posted in about me, Birmingham, photography
Tagged bike, Birmingham, Brompton, cycling, Dividenthal, MabsBrompton, pigsonthewing, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing
2 Comments
Don’t confuse your social media channels
Piping Facebook status updates to Twitter (or any automation of cross-channel feeds) can give confusing messages. Continue reading
My Open Data Challenge to UK Local Government: a Wikipedia Page for Every Council
An open data problem experienced by OpenlyLocal could be solved if staff from each UK council simply started a Wikipedia article about their council, where none already exists. Continue reading