6/10. One of those films that I would probably rate more highly if the reviews hadn’t been so positive. This isn’t bad, and it does a lot with its premise — in no small part due to excellent central performances — but there isn’t a huge amount there.
8. A striking, spare film that assembles mystery and emotional involvement from the slightest of narratives.
I’m travelling quite a bit over these next few weeks:
If you’re at any of these events (or are just located in any of these places) and are interested in open knowledge (data/content/etc) type stuff please get in touch!
Updates from the events: http://notebook.okfn.org/2011/05/19/reports-from-consegi-and-workshops-in-amsterdam-and-budapest/
Any pointers to existing js utility libraries for working with data (e.g. convert to/from standard services, parse dates etc)?
As part of my Shuttleworth Fellowship I’m preparing monthly highlights of Fellowship-related activity.
Open Government Data:
Where Does My Money Go? / Open Spending
Open Economics Working Group
OKCon coming together – OKCon Preview
This week on Thursday and Friday I’ll be in Milan to speak at the 1st LAPSI (Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information) Primer & Public Conference.
I’m contributing to a “primer” session on The Perspective of Open Data Communities and then giving a conference talk on Collective Costs and Benefits in Opening PSI for Re-use in a session on PSI Re-use: a Tool for Enhancing Competitive Markets where I’ll be covering work by myself and others on pricing and regulation of PSI (see e.g. the “Cambridge Study” and the paper on the Economics of the Public Sector of Information).
Update: slides are up.