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  • Exhaustion of a long fight, which is nowhere near over

    db, originally uploaded by yangshiqi. Recognize that man? It’s David Beckham, crying from exhaustion after England lost to Portugal on penalties. You can watch it. It remember the pain of it. I had spent 2 hours on a bar stool in my England shirt, watching the game waste away, my stomach churning, knowing it was…

  • Opening up the public domain. Or – i <3 public domain

    Jonathan Gray blogged about what the OKFN is doing to open the public domain. He freely admits this is “massively ambitious”, which I say kudos to him. I think it’s a good step towards collectively doing something to make public domain works more accessible and leveraging the the collective power of work in public domain…

  • What Shall I Be?

    What Shall I Be?, originally uploaded by liamlightyear. This has been a weird time for me professionally. I vacillate between periods of freaking out about not having anything thing to do after July 30th to feeling totally overwhelmed by all the possibilities. The world is wide open! If only the classic board game What Shall…

  • Ever have your mind completely blown? I just had an epiphany.

    Blow your mind!, originally uploaded by id-iom. Last week, at the linked data workshop, Richard from Talis said in order to get linked data, you had to change the way you think completely. Stand on your head. Have your mind blown. Well, it finally happened to me. Here I was, sitting in my hotel for…

  • Don’t forget the carbon filter! Linked data, programmers and librarians.

    Qantas Computer Room, Mid 1960s, originally uploaded by glen.h. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend Talis Linked Data Open Day – USA hosted by Talis Consulting. Walking into the event, I seriously had major reservations about linked data and libraries. I think most of skepticism was based in a healthy distrust of (and major…