Posts By Dave Briggs

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Toe and HTTPS | Electronic Frontier Foundation The Dark Side of E-Books To the internet giants, you’re not a customer. You’re just another user – by @jjn1 meandering thoughts on the NSA scandal from @zephoria inessential.com: How We Work Together Yocto Project | Open Source embeddedRead… Read more »

The internet’s three virtues

According to Doc Searls and David Weinberger: No one owns it. Everyone can use it. Anyone can improve it. From World of Ends. Original post

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: David Wilcox » As the Knowledge Hub faces closure, might a creative Twitter mob help with re-invention? the 73-year old Excel spreadsheet artist Make and share useful lists | Gini Google Reader alternatives | Gini Some things I’ve learnt about public speaking | John Graham-Cumming EvanRead… Read more »

How the digital workplace is transforming office life

Great talk from Sharon O’Dea: By moving information and services online, successful companies enable their staff to work from any location, and almost any device, so that work becomes what you do, not where you go. In this session, learn how the digital workplace supports more flexible working, reduces costs – and makes employees happierRead… Read more »

How MailChimp use Evernote

Neat video explaining how MailChimp use Evernote business to aid knowledge sharing and collaboration within their business. Original post

Know your company

Know Your Company, from 37 Signals, is a really interesting looking idea. As with all their products, from Basecamp to Highrise, it has resulted from scratching their own itch – in other words, solving a problem they had. 37 Signals CEO Jason Fried says that Know Your Company aims to meet the following outcomes: EveryRead… Read more »

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Joho the Blog » [2b2k] Knowledge in its natural state PSFK Future of Work Report 2013 Donald Clark Plan B: More holes in Sugata Mitra’s ‘Hole-in-Wall’ project Digital Leadership or just leadership? | Curiouscatherine’s Blog David Wilcox » Much discussion about networking local government – nowRead… Read more »

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The Ed Techie: You can stop worrying about MOOCs now Edtech startups have great products. Their sales? Not so great | PandoDaily Pull out and keep – Your guide to UK gov IT failures – Public Sector IT The Python Tutorial — Python v2.7.5 documentation ThinkRead… Read more »

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Home – Lincoln Matrix Richard Stallman: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs “My favorite programming language:” Google’s Go has some coders raving | Ars Technica David Wilcox » Ten pillars of wisdom: a manifesto for a better later life Passing the Public InterestRead… Read more »