[Wikimedia-l] the Open Book & Wikimedia - join us in May?

[Sumana Harihareswara]

On 04/09/2013 03:21 PM, wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> From: Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke AT gmail.com>
> Date: 2013/4/8
> Subject: The Open Book now available online for free and in print
> To: openbook <openbook at okfestival.org>
> Cc: Antti Halonen <antti.halonen AT finnish-institute.org.uk>
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in the Open Book! We are happy to announce that
> after a lot of work and passion, this long-awaited publication is now
> available both online (for free!) and in print.
> 
> THE CONTEXT // From makerspaces to data wrangling schools to archives, the
> digital is being remixed by the open – and it is changing society as we
> know it. The Open Book <http://theopenbook.org.uk> is an ambitious project
> to explore these emergent understandings, put together by The Finnish
> Institute in London as a part of the critical Reaktio series <
> http://bit.ly/ZvrLn8> with the help of the Open Knowledge Foundation <
> http://okfn.org> and a global team of contributors and mentors.
> 
> THE BOOK // Inspired by the world’s first Open Knowledge Festival <
> http://okfestival.org> this fall in Helsinki, The Open Book explores the
> social and technological manifestations of this movement for the first
> time, featuring over 25 in-depth thought pieces written by pioneers of
> openness around the world from London to São Paulo - many of whom were
> suggested by you! Also included is “The Evolution of Open Knowledge” <
> http://bit.ly/YGwj7N>, the world’s first crowdsourced timeline of openness
> from 1425 to the current day which we asked you to contribute to <
> http://bit.ly/122EuLV> earlier this year.
> 
> THE CONCLUSIONS // Due to the divisive nature of such an experimental
> publication, we do not attempt to present any single argument on what
> ‘open’ is. Instead, we hope The Open Book will serve as a platform for
> discussion and a launching pad for new ideas about the future of a global
> open knowledge movement in a time of rapid technological progress.
> 
> THE LAUNCH // As many of you already know, The Open Book was officially
> launched at FutureEverything in Manchester last month: <
> http://bit.ly/146xxwf> Many thanks to everyone who came and showed their
> support - it was a great event! Here's a summary by Antti Halonen, Head of
> Society at the Finnish Institute: <http://bit.ly/ZvqHjj>
> 
> GET YOUR COPY // Web: The Open Book is now available online for free as a
> PDF (CC-BY-SA license) at <http://theopenbook.org.uk>. Print: You can also
> grab a beautiful print copy at-cost via Amazon: <http://amzn.to/ZcZ2xn>.
> Please share with colleagues and friends!
> 
> THE END // Lastly, and most importantly, we'd like to thank each of you
> from the bottom of our hearts for being involved - your ideas, advice and
> support have made this project possible, and your work continues to inspire
> us! We look forward to your discussions and feedback!
> 
> For questions about the publication, you can email us at
> openbook at okfestival.org - and do take a moment to continue the debate on
> Twitter using the hashtag #TheOpenBook.
> 
> With much love,
> 
> The entire Open Book Editorial Team
> 
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> hi, i'm: @kat_braybrooke <http://twitter.com/kat_braybrooke> | find me at:
> kaibray.com
> currently hacking popular culture at: mozilla <http://webmaker.org>
> otherwise, i'm into: open design <http://design.okfn.org/> | the open
> book<http://theopenbook.org.uk/>
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Ms. Braybrooke,

Please consider joining us in Amsterdam in May for the Wikimedia yearly
hackathon.  Travel assistance is available if you register by 20 April.
 We'll be working on MediaWiki, extensions, the API, the new Lua
templates, and a lot more, and it would be a good opportunity for you to
share your thoughts and work with people on Wikimedia and the Open Book.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013

Best wishes!

-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation