links for 2009-11-25
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"Government Digital Inclusion Champion Martha Lane Fox was the Big Thinker at COI last week. She announced the launch of her campaign to Race Online for 2012, which aims to get more people online particularly from socially excluded groups."
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"Grain edit is focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period.
"Site content includes interviews, articles, designers’ libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books from our bookshelves." -
"For every SoyPrint toner used, you save 2-3 litres of petroleum, and you keep 6 pounds of heavy plastic and a pound of metal out of landfills. This environmentally friendly SoyPrint black laser toner cartridge replaces HP item number 92274A and is compatible with HP 4L, 4P, and 4MP machines."
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"A suite of reports on Green Infrastructure looking at a number of issues; Green Infrastructure development based on the need expressed within the Region, the opportunities for GI to deliver sub-regional economic plans, an assessment of the CITYgreen computer model for estimating economic benefit, an outline strategy for linking green and grey infrastructure, and a collection of pioneering work on the economic benefits of Green Infrastructure"
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"Harsh Reality #2: You’ve got to give (some of) your best stuff away"
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"Throw out your business plan." Like it :-)
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"…the potential for danger in the ice field of libel law is terrifying"
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The Hub for UK Tech Events & Groups
Born from 'Wheres The Geek', we decided on a brand change partly because we've shifted focus a little and partly because people kept moaning about the grammar! -
"THE Bespoke project is an innovative collaboration between a number of different academic and commercial bodies around the UK, including the universities of Central Lancashire, Surrey, Newcastle, Falmouth and Dundee, the Lancashire Evening Post and Nokia Research.
"Highly skilled Bespoke project members work across a number of different disciplines, and include anthropologists, product designers, engineers and mobile applications developers – as well as experienced multi-media journalists."We are currently arranging a series of digital storytelling workshops with members, users and clients of groups and organisations as diverse as the Ablaze Youth Group, Callon Kids Community Club, Contour Housing, Fishwick Rangers Youth Development Scheme, Preston FM and Preston College’s Elev8 initiative, as well as individual members of the public"
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"demonstrate that virtual collaboration can drive social innovation, adapting our collaboration process for improved results as experience is gained"
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“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” “I never worry about action, but only about inaction”
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lowercase "g"
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"In a purpose built facility Recycling Lives provides a multi-agency approach to addressing the causes of worklessness and homelessness through the provision of employment opportunities and skills-training, opportunities for new business incubation, and a strategy for reducing landfill waste"
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There is some hope, but not much. The depressing reality of "An economy predicated on constant growth cannot be the engine of a change that urgently demands less of it"
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Population Control / Reduction = "Way too many of you, just enough of me". The world can support a huge population, just not on a European/US consumption pattern
