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News and emergency information sources for #Christchurch #eqnz
Last updated: 4pm Sunday Feb 27 2011 Up to date information on what’s happening and what to do: http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/ including printable pdfs of contact numbers in English, Chinese, Korean, NZ Civil Defence updates: http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/ Find out what’s open: http://eq.org.nz/ Essential numbers from Civil Defence Earthquake Government Helpline: 0800 779 997 A service for people requiring information on [...]
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The Media7 Webstock special – pics
A few pics from the taping of a Media7 #Webstock special in Wellington last week. It’ll be airing soon – check for details here.
Posted in Featured Tagged Amanda Palmer, media7, Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay, russell brown, webstock 1 Comment
‘The web is NOT a publishing medium’
A great post from Paul Ford at ftrain about ‘the fundamental question of the web’. He considers media in terms of “questions answered”. Here’s one question: “I’m bored, and I want to get out of the house and have an experience, possibly involving elves or bombs. Where do I go?” The answer: You could go to [...]
The power of dedicated time… and spreadsheets
One of the great things about attending a workshop is that you give yourself time to focus on one thing for a while. And in the case of a Webstock workshop, there’s also the comfort that comes with realising that other people have spreadsheets of ideas kicking around on their laptops. Not little scraps of [...]
How a three-day-old crowdsourcing site is helping Christchurch residents