events
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Labelling The Web
Paul Walsh of Segala [http://www.segala.com/] is up now. OK – they’ve written a browser extension that indicated in search results which sites are making declarations about their content. IE: a medical site could declare that it adhering to a code of practice. Others could declare that they
events
Explaining the Semantic Web (Or Die Trying)
Sam Sethi is giving us a quick rundown on Microformats, and demonstrating how they can be used to embed data in a web page and then be used by other applications after they’re auto-detected.Nice little demo. First time I’ve got a handle on it. Marc Birbeck of
events
Liveblogging Ahoy: London Mashup
Liveblogging time. I’m at the Mashup [http://www.etribes.com/mashup] event in central London. I’ll blog for as long as the battery lasts.
conferences
Le Web 3: Taking our seats
It’s a grey, miserable day in Paris, but once you’re through the painfully slow badge collection, there’s a distinctly party atmosphere at Le Web 3. 1001 laptops are open and in use, and people are rooting through their Vox Swag Bags eagerly. Lots of lights, music and
Blogs
Other Seminar Reports
I’ll add links to this as I find them. Samizdata [http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/003945.html#003945] has an interesting and somewhat cynical take on the whole affair. You’ve got to admire that. UPDATE: Actually, someone’s already doing a good job of this. Go check
Blogging
Seminar Report: political blogging at the Houses of Parliament
The crowd gathered at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the Great Committee Room were exactly as one would expect: a smattering of suits, a good measure of geeky types, a fair few trendy new media types and a few journalists staring intently at the crowd and
Blogging
Last Night's Seminar
Well, the seminar last night was excellent, even if it was preaching to the converted. I’ll write up my thoughts later on, but you might like to look at the meeting notes [http://www.plasticbag.org/files/misc/VoxPolitics.txt], the manifesto [http://www.voxpolitics.com/weblog/archives/000310.
Blogging
MPs, Blogging and the House of Commons
I’m off to Westminster tonight to attend this seminar [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3058949.stm]. I don’t think I’ve been to an event garnering so much media coverage since my student protest days. I will, of course, blog about how it goes.
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Halesworth Food Fayre
Sunday morning in Suffolk is relaxing for a Londoner, even at its busiest. Take the Halesworth Food Fayre, which occupies the whole Throughfare from 10am to 10pm. It can get crammed later in the day, but we got up early and enjoyed it at its quietest. It was the best