Print and Paper Monthly comments on Cross Media show in London next November #InformaEx #crossmedialive

The May print monthly has an editorial by Andy Knaggs on the new show from Informa Exhibitions. He recalls a conversation with Trevor Crawford of Informa on the way back from digi:media at Messe Dusseldorf last November. Reportedly, Crawford said-

"I would question whether it was actually a cross-media event. For me it didn't do what it said on the tin."

In a later news item Crawford states that "We're not going to have machinery there. The moment you introduce that to a show that's meant to be cross-media, you turn off two thirds of the people you're trying to attract."

So this could be very interesting. The current website just has PDF to download but IPEX World has shown what can be done through LinkedIn etc. The floorplan shows that all the stands will be reasonably small, similar to the dip - drupa Innovation Parc. In my opinion the dip has been way ahead of anything at IPEX as a developer meeting point. Perhaps the London discussion will suggest some possibilities and the working models will appear sometime later.

This event is significant as it comes from the legitimate printing industry. A similar editorial from Simon Eccles would not be as surprising.

Future Manchester focus on data - imagining Wray in East Devon #futr #spacex #recipeexchange

Future everything has started in Manchester. There is a large interest in open data 

http://futureeverything.org/art/data-dimension/

I woke up during last night to hear Click on the World Service. I did go back to sleep but not before hearing a claim that there is no data divide in the UK because for example there is bandwidth in Wray. 

Some of this is true but is it for all the UK?

Compare and contrast if Wray was in East Devon. The recipe exchange starts this coming weekend as in something at Spacex but what it is still a bit of a mystery. 

canal 2012 blog updated - BBC is on the case

http://canal2012.blogspot.com/

The canal2012 blog is updated with a link to the Flickr photos, see previous post. This cross linking is to cope with the change to this Posterous blog. After almost a year I think it is working as a way to integrate various blogs but it sometimes helps if I keep the other ones updated also.

Meanwhile BBC 4 is broadcasting Julia Bradbury with four canal walks.

Two to go, previous ones still on iPlayer. I think social media can add to this with a bit more detail and some other opinions. She is much stronger on industrial history than current uses, cultural enterprise linking to the canal as urban space. The one on Monday from Birmingham to Worcester was not very clear on how to get from one end of the tunnel to the other. This could be done as a map or an aerial shot. There is a photo of Julia in Regent's Park in the Radio Times but this may be because this is close to the BBC. Not sure where the fourth will be.

Will there be another series? Will it include the route to the Olympics? Could we get a research fee? To be continued.

Critique, "reasonably cheap" compared to what?

In Lancaster I visited the campus Waterstones and bought a book by Chris Grey described as "reasonably cheap". That is almost £15 for a short paperback. But then I realise this is cheap as compared to other academic product. I am interested in the Network Learning Conference and the proceedings may have additional content or guidance. But looking at the Springer website I find that such a book could cost around £70

Sustaining TEL might be about sustainability but finding a public audience for such concerns might include some cheaper options. this may not be the full text but some sort of manifesto or explanation of change in a manifesto could be short and public and free.

Future Manchester and Science in East Devon, possible exchange of recipes

I am back in Exeter after a visit to Lancashire. Photos on Flickr from a canal walk from Salford to Manchester. Tram journey the other direction, the order is now a bit muddled. Links to other photos are welcome. There may well be better routes, or different results on other occasions.

Plan A is to stay in Exeter for a while but there are still photos to load later. Next weekend is the start of a "recipe exchange" based on Woodbury Salterton, Farringdon and Spacex Gallery. Seems to be an exchange of procedures. Not sure what a gallery is in this context. Could be a studio. More later. I have added one on walking to a pub via a bus trip. There is a slight misinformation included, that the area around Woodbury is more or less flat. Still, it should be possible to walk from Woodbury Salterton towards the river Otter and if so to follow to Budleigh and the coast. Sidmouth is over a hill but there is always the 52 bus.

The latest Exeter building project is a science park between the motorway and the airport. Nothing there yet but it is something to talk about. Other than the current craze for science it would be hard to get planning permission for more offices beyond the motorway. Last night on BBC World Service I heard about a Square Kilometre Array, proposed telescope. 

The bandwidth implication is amazing. Why not spend some money on bandwidth in the centre of the city? Is the Manchester science park helping the local area?

Spacex show some issues for meetings on the website that are not clear yet on the recipe exchange. 
These will explore subjects such as digital aesthetics, ‘Open Data’, and how open digital cultures can lead to positive transformations in our individual lives and societies. Issues covered during the exhibition will feed into current debate taking place across different sectors about the democratisation of data and the social potential of using open source methods and technology.
Through open source and open data networks, information about our communities and lives is increasingly available. The Recipe Exchange presents the opportunity to debate ‘being open’ as a way of ‘being together’. 
http://www.spacex.co.uk/pl102.html

This will emerge over the next few weeks. One of the speakers is from Manchester.
Open Data Cities
18 June 2011, 3.00pm
Saturday 18 June, 3pm, free
Julian Tait of FutureEverything discusses the creative and social impact of making national and publicly owned datasets open, with reference to Manchester as Britain’s first Open Data City.
There may be a connection with critique but I am confused about several aspects of this sort of thing so there will be another post sometime soon.

Creative Commons approach to election results from Exeter City Council

Back in Exeter in time to vote yesterday. Found the Heavitree result online about half an hour ago. This Is Exeter had nothing obvious about the election. BBC Radio Devon had a story about Exeter and then a link to Exeter City Council where there are detailed results.

 Although I have had a problem with Exeter City Council around YouTube ( they don't support Flash so nobody knows what you are talking about) Greg Sheldon has allowed recording on a couple of occasions. So the video possibilities may be explored in the future.

There is a Creative Commons licence for the info on the results. So the web design people are aware of some concerns. This support for open data could be developed without any major budget. There is something happening at Spacex around open data but I don't yet understand how it fits with a gallery.

I think the print news will arrive on Saturday. It has to travel the M4 and M5 so takes a while.

Still can't find many links to debate on local media during this election. 

South Devon found in search for the UK local media story

http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2011/05/04/rough-and-ready-reckoner-on-devon-local-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-187147

Another search of Google blogs finds almost nothing on local media. There is probably a lot of social media around local debates. But this is hard to find and there appears to be not a lot in national media about it. And nothing from the candidates or national politicians. Perhaps they think that all votes are decided through national debate.

Local Media not much of an election issue - Lancaster Museum what is going on?

I am in Lancaster trying to get out of drift mode from the various holidays. Several photos toload up later,but meanwhile thinking about local media and the local elections. (I will catch upon Exeter local media later in the week.)

Jeremy Hunt has an enthusiasm for local TV but it seems to have stopped as an issue.I have not been paying much attention but I think there has been almost nothing about local media during this election period. Searching Google News finds that Sheffield is supporting a Local Media Action Plan with support from the city council and universities. I will try to find out if something similar could happen in Exeter.

http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2011/04/12/20619-sheffield-consortium-lends-support-to-the-local-media-action-plan/ 

But Hunt is only found in a story about the billions watching the royal wedding. The phrase "local media"in the FT means the BBC, ITV and Sky.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51e76d56-71fa-11e0-9adf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1LIDh4tiv

Maybe I am being unfair.There may be a lot going on, so links welcome.

In the Castle Ward the Lancaster Labour Party has put out a leaflet claiming that the Green Party,supported by Lib Dems, have proposals that the indoor marketcould be moved into the City Museum. "Save our museum"is the headline. But is there any such proposal?


The Lancaster Guardian reported a proposal in February. I will try to find out more.This is an example of a local story.

http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancaster-and-district-news/market_on_move_to_museum_1_3064851?commentspage=2

University Buildings Still Booming

In Lancaster for a while and visiting the campus yesterday. There is still a lot of building going on. The central square is almost finished but still blocked off. Bowland is next so there is no refuge.It seems like building is a news event, There has to be another one.
 
However the IAS seems to have vanished. No trace in the building I would expect except a notice to an upstairs meeting room. There is still a website but no new conference announced. The notice board has information on new PhD options and the new buildings may be impressive for a global audience. But I think the IAS projects help the profile also.
 
I also got a train the other day to Manchester and looked at Media City.Salford University will be in one of the spaces.  
 
 
Googling news finds that there are jobs at risk as well as investment in the site. Media City is very impressive though. Definitely a place to visit. The canal walk back towards Picadilly is not yet clearly marked.
 
More on this when I get back to Exeter. There the centre of the campus is a building site still, later to reopen with new retail features. Some peoplein Exeter just want to be able to get into the GreatHall once again.
 
What is the investment in web sites etc? Could be a cheaper option. There is something about the building boom that is a bit of a worry. It will take a lot of PhD fees to pay off the investment. 

#ex1to4 video script as text, time travel, chat show can be very slow

Previous post was about video on sites for academic conferences and connected to text in books and journals.

It may be that an open approach is what matters. The classic journal is closed down, it is a limited edition and copyright protects it from being reused with other content. The mix with video etc could happen outside the print format, not waiting on new digital devices.

Local media may develop in similar ways. Social networks assume that words can be copied. There can be links to video but this is not essential. Script ideas or questions can be in text form.

So far the questions raised in the Castle Beer Festival are slowly getting an answer. Image rights are gradually being relaxed, as shown by Spacex allowing photography at the current Tourist show. No comment yet to camera but this may come later.

The next series of events will be around the Recipe Exchange and Woodbury Salterton / Farringdon. I have posted a recipe or procedure for catching abus and then walking to a pub. The reverse to go home. I think this is within the scope and it should be possible to video conversation along the way. Something will get to YouTube before the summer light fades.