Thanks for your help! I hadn't come across the handbooks yet. The Open Data Handbook in particular will be really useful - and it's great that I can point to a quality source on Open Data and not need to write too much myself. I really want to focus on the concept of 'openness' and not need to write about what others know much better than I do. Thanks Rufus!
Michael, feel free to spam me with more content any time you like. : ) The 'free culture' stream is one I hadn't really picked up on yet. I fear I won't get the chance to cover it properly (I do only have a week, and it's a fascinating jungle), but I will definitely touch on it. It's a great illustration of how openness isn't just about noisy social media, or specific collaborations, but can have macro effects when taken up on a cultural level - very much what I'm trying to advocate. If you're interested in keeping up, this <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SNhvBkSPZ1oVuEUpNsPudk4F4oKnP9XnECiOGY9zpys/edit#>is my content overview document, and this<http://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Week-Book/309661742478401>is the Facebook page. It's coming along a bit slower than I'd have liked, but it is coming along, it's been a great experience and I think some of the content actually isn't that bad. So, back to it! *John Baxter* www.jsbaxter.com.au @JohnSBaxter NB. I process my inbox once daily. Tweet, or include 'urgent' somewhere in your subject line to get my attention more quickly. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Rufus Pollock <[email protected]>wrote: > On 8 December 2012 13:59, John Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello OKFN! > > > > I found out about OKFN doing background research for a One Week Book I'm > > writing next week. I'm working on an Open Handbook (guidebook for > > openness). Interpret that how you will. : ) It's early days yet and > the > > topic is yet to emerge fully. (I have notes on the topic here.) > > Just wanted to check you have seen some of the handbooks that have > already written by OKF folks: > > http://okfn.org/handbooks/ > > Including: > > Open Data Handbook - http://opendatahandbook.org/ > Data Journalism Handbook - http://datajournalismhandbook.org/ > Data Science and Data Wrangling - http://schoolofdata.org/handbook > Open Spending Handbook (in progress) - > <http://openspending.org/resources/handbook/ch001_introduction.html> > > > Would appreciate some advice... The big question - do you think there's > a > > book worth writing in that topic statement, that hasn't already been > > written? I'd also like to know if you can point me in the direction of > > references that have covered the topic. > > Above could be useful :-) > > Rufus > > > Thanks! > > > > Also, if you want to keep up with it, I'm using a Facebook Page (all my > docs > > are also open - e.g. project overivew). > > > > John Baxter > > www.jsbaxter.com.au > > @JohnSBaxter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > okfn-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > > > > > -- > Co-Founder, Open Knowledge Foundation > Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age > http://www.okfn.org/ - http://blog.okfn.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >
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