machine-envy

Spent this morning at the inaugural meeting of the London Copyfighters Drunken Brunch and Talking Shop. Taking digital rights campaigning into the analogue sphere, Cory Doctorow of EFF invited tech activists and stakeholders down to Speakers Corner in Hyde Park. Attendees included Rufus Pollock of Open Knowledge Foundation, Danny O’Brien, Dave Green, Toby from MusicAlly […]

I was back at the ICA last night for a brilliant talk on Open Access science. Four panel members - Tim Hubbard, Ian Gibson, McKenzie Wark and David Bodanis - thrashed out the finer points of the future of science funding and publishing, with Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre acting as chair.
Tim Hubbard, […]

New Year flu hit the Own It New Media event hard last night, with two of the three billed speakers taken out at the last minute. Alex Chapman, a partner at the IP law firm BRIFFA, bravely held the fort, giving the collected audience a crash course in UK copyright law. I can’t for the […]

I have a friend called Shenth Ravindra, who recently survived the Queen of the Sea rail disaster when the train, which was travelling down the west coast of Sri Lanka on Boxing Day, was hit by the Asian tsunami. He’s had a lot of media attention since he got home safely, particularly since most of […]

Came back from Tokyo on Boxing Day, after a pleasant two week holiday. Here are some photos taken on my beautiful birthday camera, a petite Canon Ixus i, still drawing lustful looks from all who spy her.