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Daniela Faris (531)
Johannesburg, South Africa

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member since:   18/5/2007
birth date:   27/5/1983
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languages:   Afrikaans | English
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  blogs · A key change at iCommons
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29/8/2008 20:35 · no comments

If you're not part of the iCommons mailing list, take a look at the letter that Heather Ford, Executive Director of iCommons, sent to the list yesterday:

Dear friends,

At the 2 August iCommons Board Meeting, the board decided to make some difficult but necessary changes at iCommons. It has become clear over the past months that our vision for iCommons is different from the...

blogs · 1 week to go until iSummit registration closes
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15/7/2008 19:02 · no comments

Well, believe it or not but the iSummit is only 14 days away, which means that the staff in South Africa and Japan need to start tallying numbers and assigning hotel rooms to all those who intend on coming to the iSummit in Sapporo. This means that registration is closing on Monday 21 July, at 4pm GMT + 2, giving you one week to login to the system to book your seat at the event...

   
 
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  resources · iSummit 08 programme structure document
6/2/2008 21:26 · no comments

Submissions for programme suggestions are opening soon for the Summit 08. This PDF document shows the suggested basic structure for every day of the iSummit, by displaying the times for keynote addresses, general sessions/panels, and Labs, which are a new addition to the Summit programme.

Labs are dedicated to specific themes, projects or mediums, it is up to the proposer to...

resources · The iSummit 2008 in Sapporo: presentation by CC Japan (pdf format)
1/2/2008 20:06 · no comments

At the iSummit 2008 planning workshop held in Johannesburg on 17 and 18 January, Yuko Noguchi presented 'The iSummit 2008 in Sapporo', which outlined the practical conditions and consequences of having the iSummit in Japan, and identified issues which need to be addressed during our planning event.

For feedback on problem-solving and brainstorming that took place at the event,...

   
 
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  articles · Grassroots Publishing Through Open Source and Web 2.0
by Wojciech Gryc, Five Minutes to Midnight · voted on 4/9/2008 17:42 · 20 votes · no comments

When it comes to making print media, the number of options available to grassroots organisations and informal groups can be daunting. Indeed, with the rise of open source software packages, web 2.0 publishing tools, and crowd sourcing sites where one can hire designers for very low prices, the number of options is only increasing. What is exciting about these tools, however, is...

articles · OA Academia in Repose
by Francis Deblauwe · voted on 4/9/2008 17:42 · 20 votes · no comments

Seven Academic Open-Access Repositories Compared

Scientists and academics in general are more and more becoming convinced that research results should be shared rapidly and made easily accessible in order to allow for fruitful exchange of ideas and collaboration. Only this way can modern scholarly disciplines thrive. What's the lay of the field in practice however? I made a quick...

   
 
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  articles · What is Tailcast?
by Howitt · commented on 29/5/2008 19:07 · 4 comments

Tailcast is an online community in which artists in all disciplines share their work with one another. Tailcast is for, by and about artists. Members can upload videos and still photographs, as well as post articles, short stories and poems. Multimedia presentations (poems read aloud with musical soundtracks, time-lapse videos of artists at work painting or sculpting, etc.) are...

resources · Jimmy Wales interview on 702
by JC · commented on 23/5/2008 18:37 · 11 votes · 3 comments

Click here to download and listen to the Jimmy Wales interview with 702, during his visit to South-Africa, where he was promoting the Wikipedia Academies.




   
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