Creative Commons licences are a set of copyright licences that enable copyright holders to mark their creative work with the freedom they want it to carry. By specifying what kinds of reuse you will allow by default (non-commercial or commercial reus...
I was in the hotel lobby waiting for my room to be ready and madly typing on my computer when a wide-eyed woman peeped around the corner, looked expectantly at me and smiled. I smiled back, and the penny dropped when I overheard her talking about her...
Before going to see Sitting Man by James Cairns at the Wits Downstairs Theatre last night, I googled the title of the play to check it out. Because I know that the James Cairns I was looking for, is not the 'Third child born to James Cairns and Eliza...
Last week I talked about how openness is driving innovation to new levels in the digital world. This week, fresh off the boat from a one-month stint in Japan, I’ll tell you how the Japanese have gotten innovation right on the button in so many ways...
I have a new fascination. It's about innovation: how it happens, to whom and, most importantly, why. The fascination stems from the incredible people I get to meet in my job -- people who find a new idea to be passionate about, implement that idea in...
Previously executive director of international high-tech charity iCommons, Heather Ford has worked in the technology for developmentâ„¢ field around the world focusing specifically on the relationship between open content and innovation. Co-founder of the African Commons Project, she is now working on building collaborative systems for digital innovation in South Africa
