I'm joined by my old school-chum Rebecca Bradshaw - as we talk about an innovative recycling company - TerraCycle. You can find out more about their recycling programme on Twitter. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. Sorry for the slightly iffy audio-quality. The call recorder on my phone is OK for admin, but not brilliant for podcasting. Will try to record future episodes in person of via V…
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I'm joined by Suw Charman-Anderson - powerhouse and founder of Finding Ada. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. You can follow Finding Ada on Twitter and you can support the project on Patreon. If you'd like to have a chat with me - get in touch. 🎧 Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher. 🍏 Subscribe on iTunes. 🎵 Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. ⏱ Stopwatch Icon…
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Because podcasts are now cool™ again - I've decided to resurrect this feed. If you're interested in being interviewed - please get in touch with me. We can record in person, over the phone, or via Skype. In the meantime, here's the podcast's theme-tune to get you in the mood. And to test that I've set up everything properly. 🔊 Gran Vals ~ Francisco Tárrega🎤 Brian Streckfus 💾 Download th…
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The inimitable Jess Rose interviewed me for her Pursuit Podcast - talking about the Unicode Power Symbol proposal. We talked about how to subvert bureaucracy, building a team of supporters, adding new stuff to Unicode, and recognising that you're a background character in most people's lives. Bit of a ramble, but jolly good fun. Sketchnotes by the exquisitely talented Kate Holden. Find out…
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Last week I was on In The Abstract - a science podcast - along with the very funny Francesca Day , the mediumly funny Tara Clarke, and the just-funny-enough Steve Pritchard. During the talk, I completely forget the name of the Rosetta Disc and made several legally doubtful slurs against Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Stick it in your ears - 🔊 February 2015🎤 In The Abstract 💾 Download th…
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Oxford's Bodleian library makes high resolution scans of Shakespeare's First Folio available under a Creative Commons licence. Pip Willcox tells us more. 🔊 Pip Willcox and the First Folio🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for podcast listeners. No long intro and outro. No waffling on. No adverts, competitions, arguing, or begging for iTunes…
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Talking to Kerri Russell about the Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese. 🔊 Kerri Russell on Ancient Japanese🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for podcast listeners. No long intro and outro. No waffling on. No adverts, competitions, arguing, or begging for iTunes reviews. You get to listen to an interesting person chat for about a minute - that's…
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Once again I'm joined by Rosie Clarke. Today we talk about the artist Amy Sharrocks. 🔊 Amy Sharrocks sea-fall experience🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. To learn more about Amy Sharrocks' work, visit the Museum of Water and follow her on Twitter. And, as a special bonus, here's Rosie talking in a bit more detail about the Sea-fall. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche f…
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Chatting with Oxford University's Kerry Russell about their Shakespearean Hackfest. You can access all the data from the Bodleian library's digital First Folio. You can also read about my Hamlet Audio Hack. 🔊 Kerri Russel and Digital Shakespeare🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podca…
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Ever wanted to explore a museum at night time? Rosie Clarke tells you how! 🔊 Museums At Night🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Museums at Night is Culture24's festival of inspiring after hours cultural events at museums, galleries and heritage sites. Next year it's on across the UK from Thursday May 14 until Saturday May 16 2015. Get About A Minute as soon as each episod…
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What do famous people sound like? The Wikipedia Voice Introduction Project seeks to find out. 🔊 Wikipedia VIP🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Learn more on Andy Mabbett's blog or follow #WikiVIP on Twitter. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performe…
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Rosie Clarke and I have a chat about her new favourite website The-Toast.net. 🔊 Rosie Loves Toast🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Here are some highlights that Rosie asked me to share. There is a feature where historical characters are reimagined as teenage dirtbags – Iike Dirtbag Teddy Roosevelt There are haunting folksy horror Letter from the Editor Presenting the affect…
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