The Open Knowledge Foundation’s first ever Text Camp will be taking place this Saturday 13th August, thanks to JISC offering us the use of their meeting rooms in London. Details Where? Brettenham House, 9 Savoy Street, WC2E 7EG, London. – Meet outside ‘The Savoy Tup’ Pub, Savoy Street, at 10am to be guided to the …
The OKF’s first ever ‘Text Camp’ hopes to bring together many different people, all interested in the relationship between digital technologies and literature, with a strong focus on the creation of open knowledge. When? 13th August 2011, 10am – 6pm Where? To be Confirmed Website: http://wiki.openliterature.net/Text_Camp_2011 Register: http://textcamp2011.eventbrite.com During the day, we hope to create, …
A quick summary of progress so far, followed by a short list of ways to get involved. Annotation sprint on Open Shakespeare: now around 650 annotations on Hamlet – thanks to all who took part! Blog post coming soon. More new words: jump, kated, neapolitan, quondam (with urine forthcoming). New website layout FOR Open …
Date: Thursday 14th July Time: 9am to 5pm BST (thus UTC 8am-4pm, EDT 4am-12 noon, PDT 1am-9am) You can also follow us online using the hashtag #annotation or make suggestions on the Open Literature etherpad. How to Participate Step 0: Check your browser To participate in the annotation sprint, you will need a recent version …
My trip to speak at a ‘digital day’ organised as part of the new ‘Digital Fund for Arts and Culture’ by NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts) was eye-opening, to say the least. I thought I’d put a few of my reflections, general and specific, down in this short post. About halfway …
OKCon 2011, at the Kalkscheune buildings in Berlin, was fantastic, and I thought it would be a good idea to publish a few reflections on some of the stuff that was going on there, both for the benefit of those who did not make it nor watch the live feeds, and for the chance it …
May and a month that has only belatedly met the standard of what Shakespeare calls “hot Junes” have passed since last I wrote an update about Open Shakespeare. As ever, quite a bit has been done on the project, and there remains much more to do in the future. If one word could sum up …
Present: JHS, RP To do: Publish a ‘state of the project post’ on OKFN blog Publicise site through contact with other projects: www.delightedbeauty.org, www.shakespeareinsmalldoses.com Publicise site: unis (NFP, fun for summer), Call For Papers Investigate kickstarter Organise May Week event, publicise with invitation for help over summer Institute regular emails on openlit: monthly recap of …
Annotation Sprint II Our second annotation sprint, taking place at the end of Cambridge University term attracted contributions from all over the internet, particularly from the States. In Cambridge itself, our volunteers continued working on Hamlet, bringing the total number of annotations on this text to nearly 300. Since this sprint, we have overhauled the …
Change Criticism Forever – Participate in the next Open Shakespeare Annotation Sprint Our modus operandi is the same as ever: all the instructions are here. Following on from the first annotation sprint, we will be annotating Hamlet On Saturday 19th March we’re holding the second Open Shakespeare Annotation Sprint — participate and help change criticism …
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