UK Gov shares its data cheaply, avoiding change

No, not a story of intrusion and data-loss, this is data the government should be sharing – job adverts.
While apparently being in a position to know,  Mark Birkbeck “speculates” publicly that the UK Gov are using RDFa because:
by using RDFa to mark-up vacancies on each individual government site, it’s possible to allow each department to [...]

Artists switching focus from recorded to live

According to The Times:
For years, bands would embark on loss-making tours around the world in an attempt to drum up sales for their latest album, but now the practice has been turned on its head, with groups more likely to give their records away in order to sell tickets to their shows.
The data, compiled by [...]

VCal RDFa and Search Monkey

I’ve done what I’ve called a “Generic Event Information” enhanced search result format for Yahoo. It’s a little thing that you can choose to add to your Yahoo search experience.

Protecting users from Phorm

I’m jumping through the hoops required to stop “webwise” i.e. Phorm from “scanning” traffic going from the FeelItLive.com server to my users’ computers and the other way.
I’ve always considered music personal, I mean we share our opinions and our tracks so it isn’t secret but it is private. For many people it is revealing, for [...]