CCau are proud to announce that registration is now officially open for the Creative Commons 'Building an Australasian Commons' Conference.The conference will be held on Tuesday 24th June 2008 from 8.30am – 5pm at the State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, and is proudly supported by Creative Commons Australia (http://creativecommons.org.au), the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (http://www.cci.edu.aau), and the State Library of Queensland (http://www.slq.qld.gov.au). ]]>
CCau are proud to announce that registration is now officially open for the Creative Commons 'Building an Australasian Commons' Conference.
The conference will be held on Tuesday 24th June 2008 from 8.30am – 5pm at the State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, and is proudly supported by Creative Commons Australia (http://creativecommons.org.au), the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (http://www.cci.edu.aau), and the State Library of Queensland (http://www.slq.qld.gov.au).
It provides an opportunity for those interested in the free internet to come together to exchange ideas, information and inspiration. It brings together experts from Australasia to discuss the latest developments and implementations of Creative Commons in the region. It aims to be an open forum where anyone can voice their thoughts on issues relating to furthering the commons worldwide.
The current programme detailing the array of presentations, workshops and round table discussions can be found at http://creativecommons.org.au/australasiancommons.
Attendance is free and open to all comers. However, places are limited, so if you're interested in attending please register ASAP. Registration closes 9 June. You can download the registration form at http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/ccauconf08/australasian_commons_... and return it via email to elliott@creativecommons.org.au.
The conference will be followed on the day at 6pm by the second CCau ccSalon, a showcase of Creative Commons music, art, film and text from Australia and the region. This will be a great opportunity to mingle and relax after the day’s events while experience CC works in action.
We look forward to welcoming you at 'Building an Australasian Commons'.
Hosted by: Creative Commons Australia
Location: State Library of Queensland, Stanley Street, South Bank, Brisbane, Australia
Description: We look forward to welcoming you at 'Building an Australasian Commons'
here's some of the notebook pages. I used to make the notebooks out of old 5.25" floppy disks and recycled paper from work - these disks weren't being used as often by this stage.. amazing how times change!!
I remember making a hammock that swung softly when someone sat in it and a room called blacony - nothing too flash compared to what the others were doing but it all worked ok! one day I'll have to go through some old disks and see if I can find any files from back then, that's if the disks even spin up at all.. ]]>
here's some of the notebook pages. I used to make the notebooks out of old 5.25" floppy disks and recycled paper from work - these disks weren't being used as often by this stage.. amazing how times change!!
I remember making a hammock that swung softly when someone sat in it and a room called blacony - nothing too flash compared to what the others were doing but it all worked ok! one day I'll have to go through some old disks and see if I can find any files from back then, that's if the disks even spin up at all..
more notebooks photos (including notes on other little projects I used to work on) @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/notebooks/
apart from the class notes I took we had to do a little project for the last day (4th day). I'd recently gone on the gps for artists workshop on Isle of Wight and bought myself a handheld gps device to record data on the driving trips I was doing. so, for my project, I made, with a lot of help from Sebastian! a patch which read gps data from a file, then parsed it into smaller sections to break it down into the different fields such as longitude & latitude, speed, direction, time, altitude etc. then I connected these values to the inputs of a vst filter/plugin called ambience, and played an audio recording and had the gps data adjust the filter parameters by stepping through the gps co-ordinates. also, the longitude & latitude are mapped to an x & y co-ordinate of a graph, so when the gps points are moved, you can see the x/y co-ords move too. for this version of the patch, I selected co-ords which would move around the screen according to the scale I chose. obviously if the area travelled is quite close, then the scale needs to be adjusted or you won't see much movement.
one day I'd like to expand the project so the gps data generates a music soundscape using samples I've recorded along the way. also it'll display geotagged photos taken on the journey as the gps points are processed.
attached is a screen shot of the patch and the actual patch, and some sample gps data. if you want to try it then you'd need your own audio file to open (any will do) and have the ambience vst plugin.
]]>apart from the class notes I took we had to do a little project for the last day (4th day). I'd recently gone on the gps for artists workshop on Isle of Wight and bought myself a handheld gps device to record data on the driving trips I was doing. so, for my project, I made, with a lot of help from Sebastian! a patch which read gps data from a file, then parsed it into smaller sections to break it down into the different fields such as longitude & latitude, speed, direction, time, altitude etc. then I connected these values to the inputs of a vst filter/plugin called ambience, and played an audio recording and had the gps data adjust the filter parameters by stepping through the gps co-ordinates. also, the longitude & latitude are mapped to an x & y co-ordinate of a graph, so when the gps points are moved, you can see the x/y co-ords move too. for this version of the patch, I selected co-ords which would move around the screen according to the scale I chose. obviously if the area travelled is quite close, then the scale needs to be adjusted or you won't see much movement.
one day I'd like to expand the project so the gps data generates a music soundscape using samples I've recorded along the way. also it'll display geotagged photos taken on the journey as the gps points are processed.
attached is a screen shot of the patch and the actual patch, and some sample gps data. if you want to try it then you'd need your own audio file to open (any will do) and have the ambience vst plugin.
social software - harnessing the power of use contributions & user participation:
successful platforms using social software: ]]>
social software - harnessing the power of use contributions & user participation:
successful platforms using social software:
- the comparison of amazon.com vs barnesandnoble.com -> amazon.com sell more o'reilly books than barnes & noble
mapping systems:
- mapping data applications; geo-annotations; geo url; geo tagging photographs
- "figuring out how does the real and the virtual penetrate"
- microsoft map point; aol mapquest; yahoo are the three main mapping systems at the moment
software used to mobilise people:
- moveon.org
- largest advocacy organisation in the world
- pointing millions of people at a shared project
- similar to the Dean project (using drupal!)
wikis
word spy - new terms; snapshot of the changes in language and culture; http://wordspy.com/
mobile devices
- pdas, mobile phones
- itunes
http://ia200109.eu.archive.org/1/audio/etech2004-oreilly/etech2004-oreil...
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Saturday July 23rd - The Reynolds Building, Hammersmith, London W6 8RP
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/
Sponsored by backstage.bbc.co.uk, Open Tech 2005 is an informal
one-day conference about technologies that anyone can have a go at,
from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday
electronics hardware.
So far, the line-up features:
* Ted Nelson, inventor of hypertext, on where the web went wrong
* The official launch of the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer network,
opening up BBC content for you to play with
* Plus: able to record an entire week of all Freeview TV and radio
channels, probably the UK's largest (fridge-sized) PVR
More speakers will be confirmed over the next few weeks - but, as the
title implies, we're very much "Open" to suggestions. If you're
reverse-engineering proprietary protocols, making useful information
available in a way people couldn't get at before, pioneering
unexpected methods of knowledge sharing - or (equally likely) doing
something so cool we haven't even thought of it yet, then please get
in touch via the submissions form at:
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/offer/
The deadline for submissions is midnight UK time Saturday June 25th,
and we'll aim to notify everyone who's submitted a proposal by July
1st.
We'll be trying to fit in as many talks (and lightning presentations)
as possible, so the shorter you can make yours, the better.
Alternatively, if you have an idea for a panel discussion, or a
workshop, or anything else that's vaguely in keeping with the theme of
the event, then we also can't wait to hear from you.
And there'll most likely be some sort of internet access at the event,
but offline demonstrations are strongly encouraged, as bandwidth may
not be guaranteed.
* Further information *
You don't have to suggest a session to take part; you can stay
informed about the event by subscribing to our low-traffic
announcement-only mailing list send a blank email to:
notcon-ubscribe@socialswirl.com"subscribe@socialswirl.com
(your address will only be used to contact you about the event and
will not be passed onto third parties).
- or you can email pentech@ukuug.org"opentech@ukuug.org if you've any other questions.
backstage.bbc.co.uk Open Tech 2005
Saturday July 23rd - The Reynolds Building, Hammersmith, London W6 8RP
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/
Final programme may be subject to alteration. Thanks for reading!
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