Author: Ben Werdmuller
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Activity streams: not just for the cloud
At the end of last year, I was asked to contribute my wishlist for Linux on the desktop for an issue of Linux Format magazine. Here’s what I submitted: I want an activity stream for my activity on my local computer, and across my network. When, for example, I make a change to a document, […]
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Mission: Explore puts the fun back into checking in
For the past few years, my friend Helen Steer has been working with the Geography Collective on Mission: Explore, a new way to promote exploration and curiosity: Mission:Explore is a game, but not as you know it. There are two aims to the game. One is to collect points and unlock rewards. The other is […]
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Web, the people
If there was any doubt that the Internet is radically changing democracy, check this out: Spain’s new political party, the Partido de Internet, is a policy-agnostic political party that makes its decisions based on the will of a community based on Agora, a virtual parliament platform. PDI is a policy-agnostic political party that does not […]
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Attending a wedding at 5am (in my pyjamas)
A few weeks ago, my friends Mark and Sana got married in Oxford Town Hall. My sister Hannah and I were invited, but sadly couldn’t attend, on the grounds that we were over 5,000 miles and an ocean away. They’re both wonderful people, and I’ve known Sana in particular for a very long time, so […]