Wikimania 2012 announces Mary Gardiner as keynote speaker

The planning committee for Wikimania 2012, the international conference for Wikimedia, announced on March 22 that Australian women’s open source advocate and computer programmer Mary Gardiner will be the keynote speaker for the opening session of the conference on Thursday, … Continue reading

Knight Foundation and Mozilla send geeks into newsrooms

In London last weekend, journalists, software developers, filmmakers, designers and many others spent time discussing ideas and building tools at the 2011 Mozilla Festival at Ravensbourne College. Following the theme of “Media, Freedom and the Web”, many attendees developed prototypes … Continue reading