Andrew Chadwick

"Slightly annoying that the iPhone autocorrects iPad into upas – which is a kind of poison mulberry I..."

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:03:15 +0000

“Slightly annoying that the iPhone autocorrects iPad into upas – which is a kind of poison mulberry I believe… you can bet that omission in the iPhone’s glossary will change with the upcoming release of iPhone OS 4.0.”

- Wonderfully exuberant essay from Fry. My last mention of the iPad—for now. I sense the tectonic plates of information and communication technologies shifting a little though…

iPad questions from a social science researcher's perspective

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:36:00 +0000

As a researcher, writer, and teacher who spends many of his days interacting with a computing device—either a 24 inch iMac, a 9.1 inch Linux netbook, or an iPhone—obviously a product like the iPad is big news.

As an iPhone user, it all looks very familiar. But I’m left with four very basic questions that I think any academic who currently owns a laptop, desktop, or both, will ask:

1. Will it allow me to multitask and switch seamlessly between apps?

2. Will it allow me to load my own PDFs of journal articles?

3. Will it allow me to annotate my own PDFs and iBooks, and save and sync those annotations across to my desktop Mac? And will it allow me to do this in the other direction—from desktop to iPad?

4. Will it allow me to sync iWork documents seamlessly between iPad to desktop? No compromises over formatting, etc.?

I can see the app developers solving some of these knotty problems, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Will Twitter influence your vote?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:00 +0000

Will Twitter influence your vote? http://bit.ly/benp9Z @BBC_HaveYourSay: That’s what we want to find out: http://tinyurl.com/yk3gjgb

Have Questions For Obama? YouTube’s Got You Covered

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:24:44 +0000

Have Questions For Obama? YouTube’s Got You Covered

Visualize Dissent: Turkish Users Protest Censorship Using Google Maps

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:32:13 +0000

Visualize Dissent: Turkish Users Protest Censorship Using Google Maps

75,101 posters generated so far.

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:27:26 +0000

75,101 posters generated so far.

data.gov.uk

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:26:08 +0000

data.gov.uk:

More comprehensive than the US version, it would seem.

New York Times to charge readers for online content

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:03:11 +0000

New York Times to charge readers for online content:

We’re heading for a mixed economy in online news.

Buy software, aid Haiti relief efforts

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:24:28 +0000

Buy software, aid Haiti relief efforts

The right to link

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:27:17 +0000

The right to link

After Operation Aurora, German Government Says Don't Use Internet Explorer

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:08:58 +0000

After Operation Aurora, German Government Says Don't Use Internet Explorer:

After all these years, these sorts of vulnerabilities just won’t go away. One of the reasons I switched to Mac.

Quite incredible numbers for Haiti relief donations made via mobile phone

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:12:09 +0000

Quite incredible numbers for Haiti relief donations made via mobile phone

Daily Number: Twitter Update - Pew Research Center

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:07:00 +0000

Daily Number: Twitter Update - Pew Research Center:

Nineteen per cent of Americans now use Twitter or a similar service, up from 11 per cent in April 2009.

My author copies of the paperback edition of the Handbook of Internet Politics have arrived

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:24:42 +0000

Routledge did an excellent job of getting this out quickly. The UK version is available now. The US version is available mid-February.

Tweet democracy

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:46 +0000

Tweet democracy:

Humorous article in The Independent about Twitter politicos.

Tweets About Obama in 2009

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:45:31 +0000

Tweets About Obama in 2009

"Suicide Machine" for Web 2.0 Services

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:18:12 +0000

"Suicide Machine" for Web 2.0 Services

Inside the cyberwar for Iran's future

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:38:48 +0000

Inside the cyberwar for Iran's future:

Article from Phil Howard previewing his forthcoming book in the Oxford Studies in Digital Politics series: “The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam” (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Going off the grid for a while due to deadlines. Back in a couple of weeks or so.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:55:55 +0000

Speaker calls for a reconnection between Parliament and public | Parliament News

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:01:08 +0000

Speaker calls for a reconnection between Parliament and public | Parliament News:

Thoughtful stuff.