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These things made us laugh and/or think
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Jan

New Year, New Offices

Just a quick update for all of you guys who we know are hanging on every word regarding our domestic arrangements. We’ve moved to a new office in the lovely grounds of the Nostell Priory Estate. The coffee’s better, the sofas are comfier but the welcome is the same old friendly one you would have [...]

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26
Oct
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An iPad Presentation done a little differently

I’m sold, who’s coming to live in Sweden with me?

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May
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Visualising the Impact of Your Food

Professor Anders Ynnerman of the Norrkoping Visualiseringscenter demonstrates a dynamic visualisation of the impact food has on the environment

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18
May
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All watched over by machines of loving grace

This doc was on a few months ago, it deals with the way technology has become central to our lives.

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Mar
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The Greatest Opening Credits Ever

The Shining, just a wonderful set of credits

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03
Mar
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A Really Nice Summary of Facebook’s Timeline for Brands

Facebook recently launched their ‘Timeline’ for your profiles and now it’s set to be rolled out for Brand Pages at the end of the month, this great post tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the changes and how they will effect your page.

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26
Feb
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The Very Talented Mr Justin Reed

The Very Talented Mr Justin Reed

A very original painter fond of capturing cult Hollywood movies in his unique style http://www.justinreedart.com/

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Feb
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Crack the Surface II. An Excellent UrbEx Doc

I linked to the first part of this here, this one takes place mostly in the US and continues to examine what makes Urban Explorers tick. Some great shots of Brooklyn Bridge will be familar to anyone fond of the Grand Theft Auto games.

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15
Feb
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Finding Patterns in Norway’s Public Data

Scandinavia is pretty much the home of Open Data and of visualising that data in order to tell stories with it. We’re working with a leading Swedish visualisation company on how we can better understand the public data in this country and this video was a huge inspiration to some of our work.

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12
Feb
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What *does* a Community Manager Actually Do?

Ben Whitelaw, Communities Editor at The Times, explains how he explains his role to his colleagues in this well written and very well thought out article. The interesting thing is how he appraoches different people in different roles in a different way. Ultimately it’s all about education.

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10
Feb
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5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics

Whilst the social web is all about conversation, interaction and personality none of those things butter any crumpets when it comes to Board Reports. It’s all about cold, hard metrics. Ann Smarty, a search marketer and web entrepreneur, gives us her links to some fantastic resources for getting fast and meaningful metrics.

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28
Jan
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Dublin offers valuable data to help businesses

Dublinked is Dublin’s open data initiative and it has valued the data that is held within the four Public Sector bodies it represents at €27bn. It’s now opening up this data to businesses across the Dublin area so they can begin to understand more about potential markets and services. Fascinating stuff.

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19
Jan
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Exploring the Kenya Open Data Portal

More open data, popping up in more and more unexpected places. Meanwhile, us in the “First World” can barely find out a reliable way to vote for people.

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17
Jan
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News Headlines and Retweets

What makes a successful headline and what makes people share it may actually be completely different from each other. Nick Diakopoulos takes a look at some data from the NYT and finds out that it may not be so straightforward as you thought.

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