Zak Asgard:

By January this year, videos about Stanley cups had been viewed a soul-destroying 201.4 million times. Think about that. Videos of people sucking on what is essentially an adult training cup have been viewed more times than Nasa’s YouTube upload of the Apollo 11 mission.


Dream house.

A modern, two-story house with large windows is situated in a lush, wooded area.

[via Dezeen]


Apparently BT have decided that providing us with broadband is a pretty optional thing, so today will be powered by mobile broadband.

Let’s hope it’s up to a Zoom judging session…


If you’re a journalist, everyone’s a critic. @manton’s turn:

It used to be that opinion sections and letters to the editor were great places to hear a diverse set of perspectives. Now the whole web is that. Journalists are straining their credibility when we most need the facts.

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It’s time to stop caring what journalists think.

@dave, not beating about the bush


Does a new government open up the chance to refresh the transparency agenda?

A discussion from #ODCamp in Manchester…


Uploading the first of my photos from #ODCamp to Flickr.


The last #ODCamp session liveblog from Matt and I today: with the Microsoft AI CEO saying all web content is “freeware” and usable for training, how do the Open Data community feel about that?


Here’s the pitches from the #ODcamp 9 unconference in Manchester today.