Image rights, Lancaster University and the Work Foundation

I notice that Lancaster University has purchased the Work Foundation so now has a London office. This seems an excellent idea and can only lead to synergy.

One aspect that interests me is how the policy on image rights and digital content will work out. In 2007 I followed a conference online -  Changing Forms of Organisation at the Work Foundation. This was partly funded by ESRC and video / PDF etc. was hosted by Inter Logics

Will Hutton seems to me to suggest that the knowledge economy has arrived, the internet is related to this, and management needs to change to cope with the requirements of knowledge workers. I think the readiness to publish content online may relate to this view.

Later I attended a conference in Exeter, also part of an ESRC project. I gathered that the knowledge economy was still more of an open question. But I was allowed to take photos and the Exeter University site linked to my Flickr.

In April 2008 I went to a Lancaster MAMLL Discussion Event on Leadership and Change. I don't think this formally related to ESRC but as memory serves John Burgoyne stated that his slides were much the same as at the Work Foundation.

What was most surprising about this day was that there was no permission for photos. However there was an official video. So the marketing theory was much more around "broadcasting" than "conversation". I don't know if this is still the case. Also there was not much about network learning as if it related to practice such as web design. 

I am not sure if these things can be related or how they change. I have found the Lancaster IAS conferences have more content online over time and there is no blocking issue around video. I will be interested to see what happens over the next year or so. Both with content and access.

Lighting is the top Open Mic issue on YouTube

Just my opinion of course. as Exeter gets ready for #likeminds I wonder if standards can be maintained round the year or half year. The next half year will not be in the open air most of the time so lighting is even more of a problem.

Pokershark100 has the same trouble that I did at the NBI. Maybe we just have to get used to it. The sound is ok.

What can be done? Is there a simple after effect cheap package that is easy to understand?

Hum tells me I am welcome to bring an Arc Light to the OddFellows this evening. He will sing with his eyes closed. Not sure about this but the conversation continues.

Recipe for Sugungwa and video of walk to Devonshire House, Asian film Mon- Wed

Eric Bransden has sent me a recipe for Sugungwa, a drink served on Saturday at the showing of 200 pounds Beauty. There will be more on Monday night for Portrait of a Beauty. Starts at 7pm. these two Korean films are part of an Asian film festival that continues to Wednesday.

Recipe for Sugungwa

Into a large saucepan put:

6 pieces of cinnamon

Half a cup of black sugar

Some ginger

Boil them for 30 minutes

Drop four pine nuts into each glass/cup of the drink.

 

Blog plugs YouTube links for Asian Films ahead of #likeminds in Exeter , please retweet

http://wifiexeter.blogspot.com/2010/10/asian-film-festival-continues-next-week.html

The blog headings are getting more like a tweet so are longer than previously.

The films are free by the way. But I guess about seventeen people off campus in Exeter know about them.

There has been confusion over the exact dates and titles but I am now fairly certain that on Monday at 7pm the second Korean film will be Portrait of a Beauty. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is on Tuesday. There will be a closing ceremony on Wednesday so come early. the film is Warriors of Heaven and Earth.

The previous event was just Korean and was better promoted. Maybe involving more than one embassy is too complicated.

There could be another event next year. #likeminds could suggest ways to improve awareness.

Asian Films Free at Devonshire House Exeter till Wednesday

Oster

There are four films still to view, one this evening at 7pm, then Monday to Wednesday next week.

I am not sure of the order but the first two are Korean, the last two are Chinese.

More next week. I don't think this post will reach many people before this evening so I will try for more detail later.

Ignore the building site. There is a way through.

#ipexworld photo of Kodak bag at Imperial Exeter, more next week

Kodakbag

I tried out a Tweetmeet to celebrate the launch of IPEXworld but not much interest so far. Here is a photo of the bag in case you missed it.

Next Monday to Wednesday i will probably be passing the Imperial on the way to Devonshire House where there is an Asian Film Festival, starts 7pm free admission if you can find the way in past the building site. So I could rave on about IPEX if you were going to be nearby. So far not much on twitter but I think IPEX as a website is a  wakeup call for print magazines and shows as events. Of course over 500 years a wakeup can take months. 

Router Boosters for Exeter ahead of #likeminds

I have done a blog post for wifi Exeter about some boxes I plan for next week

They are only indications. There could be a lot more use of broadband in Exeter than there is. The BT building is quite close to the Central Library and the Phoenix. The example next week will be around music such as near Timepiece.

you should be able to print your own version, not sure how long the boxes will stay there

IPEX World, a new stage for print and online #ipexworld

Today there is an IPEX World website

I think this is a good use of the Web. Print is not only promoted in print. IPEX will not happen as a show for another four years or slightly less. This site is showing links to most shows on the planet. So there should be continuing dicussion.

The LinkedIn pages are reasonable independent in the discussions so far. Business to bussiness magazines are moving online. This seems to be agreed. 

The IPEX World site continues to link to social media. Print can be part of this.

Continues at Imperial, Exeter. Not sure how this Tweetup idea works but maybe more next week.

Acrobat X shows Adobe has stopped development of PDF

My post on my drupa blog is more about Acobat X

Don't get me wrong. I like video, I like animation. But my interest in text and flat graphics can get a bit of a tight focus sometimes and it seems clear enough now that PDF is a finished work. Wrapping it in Flash is not very interesting from my point of view.

Probably detail on print etc will be in the drupa blog. The design on the IPEX one is old and no headline shows up.

QR code for Making Time garden outside Lancaster Nuffield Theatre

The Making Time garden outside Nuffield Theatre on Lancaster campus is coming to an end as a project. But it may continue to be there. According to the newsletter there was a meeting last Friday and the end is this Thursday. Anyone know what happens next?

I have added my photo to Tales of Things. I am still in Exeter so cannot place a printed QR code. But this would be possible and could link to something online. I think there is no harm in web versions of art work. this seems easier for the open air than in a gallery but we should continue with various tests.

Qr-garden

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