@mjray- mjray: RT @LisaVaas: Judge ordering blocks to Pirate Bay is corrupt, says Pirate Party founder http://t.co/PAxejxnG
- mjray: Madness = prospective client requires we register on procurement web app, then send them our userID. App terms say not to divulge userID :-/
- mjray: @nengard @nengard is that for renting a gps with the car? what is your current gps?
- @matthewe
- matthewe: RT @graphicscoop: What you need to know about EU #CookieLaw: @idea15webdesign has useful briefings for business owners and non-geeks htt ...
- matthewe: RT @marsbard: Awesome! Full colour mixing on a reprap now looks imminent :D http://t.co/NzeONY4a #3dprint
- matthewe: RT @TheBotanics: Edible Edinburgh, Breakfast at the Botanics 13 June. Breakfast of free & local foods with gardening & foraging ...
Category Archives: SPI
Youth Freedom and an IRC Q+A
Advertisers try to “get ‘em young” to get them buying their wares from an early age. So why don’t we advertise freedom at young people more? The younger we make them aware of freedom, the more time they’ll spend defending … Continue reading
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Tagged digital, free culture, freedom, generation, gnu, software, young, youth
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Green or Pirate Party Membership?
Cooperators are spoiled for choice in the UK because all the major parties say nice things about cooperatives and there’s even the Cooperative Party, but a lot of us who take a sharing view to software (usually Free and Open Source Software) are concerned by the attitudes of the Top … Continue reading
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SPI August 2009
The monthly board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 19 August) at 20:00 UTC. The meeting announcement was posted and the main business is selecting the officers after the SPI Voting … Continue reading
Facebook Disrupts Activism
Last week, I caused a little bit of upset by using the wrong word when questioning why an online course was advertising Facebook in its title. (Another typical MJR tact failure… I’m sure many people can guess how it went … Continue reading
Tribute to Richard Rothwell
Some of you may remember Richard Rothwell from the AFFS conference at Handsworth a few years ago, or maybe through his work with M6-IT. He sadly died on Friday 17th July. There is a tribute website set up for him: … Continue reading
2009 Software in the Public Interest Board Election
It’s the SPI annual meeting tonight at 2000 UTC (2100 UK). Once again, I’m elsewhere (probably still out after Somerset Cooperative Services CIC AGM in the day and North Somerset Cycle Forum at 5.30pm), but I’ll try to connect to … Continue reading
Digital Britain Report: first glance
The Digital Britain Report was published on 16 June 2009. I only got time to look at it quickly recently because this is one of the co-op AGM seasons. At first glance, it misses the mark. It doesn’t do anything … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperatives, copyright, digital britain, government, report
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Possible new word: attendocracy?
I think I’ve just made up another new word (to go alongside my pet hate lawyerbomb): attendocracy a whole society run mainly by meeting attendees. Usually, the meetings are basically non-discriminatory (all members may attend) and attendance is itself enough … Continue reading
SPI June 2009 and WsM BikeWeek Breakfast
The monthly board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 17 June) at 20:00 UTC. The meeting announcement was posted and there are indeed minutes to approve, a financial report, and nothing … Continue reading
SPI Voting
Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is currently electing to fill two vacant seats on its board. The dates aren’t shown on the vote pages, but on the email: voting closes at 2009-07-28 23:59:59 UTC (UK residents note: UTC not … Continue reading →