[okfn-discuss] The Open Handbook - a One Week Book project

Tue Dec 11 08:28:11 UTC 2012

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

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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> On 8 December 2012 13:59, John Baxter <john.slade.baxter at gmail.com> 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
> >
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