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09.24.08Free their mindsThe Australian today is running a story claiming that Innovation Minister, Kim Carr favors a regime whereby recipients of grants will be required to make their research findings publicly available. This represents a revolution in the Australian research space and something that has been sorely needed for a long time. In the address, to be given to the Open Access and Research Conference in Brisbane, Minister Carr will apparently announce: "Australia may want to consider making its own competitive research grants conditional on recipients sharing their research results through open-access repositories." Not fait accompli by any means, but certainly a strong ...
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08.15.08Web 2.0 University to launch in Australia and NZacidlabs and Hinchcliffe & Company are pleased to announce that they agreed to a partnership that will see acidlabs deliver Web 2.0 University's courses in Australia and New Zealand. Partnering also with Web Directions, who will provide event hosting and publicity, Web 2.0 University is a first in the region. Courses will be offered several times a year through hosting partner Web Directions, including at Web Directions South, where the very first Web 2.0 University Executive Bootcamp in the southern hemisphere will be offered as a pre-conference workshop on 23 September 2008. You can register now for Web 2.0 University at https://secure.webdirections.org/wds08. Web ...
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05.07.08Quoted in CIO magazine on Enterprise 2.0A while back now, journalist Sue Bushell interviewed me on the subject of Enterprise 2.0. We talked a couple of times over a few days and now, her major article has been published in the Australian version of CIO magazine. Most exciting for me is that Sue has used me as the lead interview in the piece! Here's the opening couple of paragraphs: Canberra-based knowledge economy and social computing evangelist Stephen Collins heard a quote earlier this year that perfectly describes the Enterprise 2.0 dilemma: "If you want to find out what tools your staff are finding most useful at ...
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03.26.08275 voices. One idea.Last year, Age of Conversation was a highly successful experiment in crowdsourced publishing. This year, the coordinators Drew McLennan and Gavin Heaton are at it again with the second edition; Age of Conversation: Why Don't People Get It? I'm delighted to announce that I will be a contributor to the book. I hope that you'll all read the book and enjoy the conversation being had there. Not to mention it supports a great cause - all proceeds from the book go to Variety, the Children's Charity. This time around there will be 275 (!!!) authors and we will be each providing a ...
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03.07.08BarCamp Canberra is Go!After a year of trying, we've finally scored a venue and BarCamp Canberra is happening! Here are the details: Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues. What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work with like-minded individuals. When? 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008 Where? BarCampCanberra will be held at the CSIT Building, North Road, ANU. Website? The BarCampCanberra blog is located at http://www.barcampcanberra.org/blog. We'll be posting updated information about the event there. The Barcamp.org page is http://barcamp.org/BarCampCanberra. ...
