Tag Archives: MOSI

I Love MCR

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

Malls, Masses & Myths After the riots which, if I read Dave Haslam in Manchester, England right, seem to have historical resonance with the Exchange Riots of 1812, rather than Peterloo in 1819, being an inchoate expression of frustration, Manchester … Continue reading →

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Curating Digital Artefacts

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Computing Collection Background; As well as Cabinet of Curiosities, both digital and real, we are also looking at crowdsourcing the curating of digital representations of computing artefacts for which MOSI have cleared the copyright for use. Flickr Community; MOSI have provided … Continue reading →

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Curator Day

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

July 14 MOSI MOSI; Artefact Curation. Following the model established by the RunCoCo project we will have a Curator Day on July 14 where the Science Curator will discuss her work at MOSI, view the collection and review those computer … Continue reading →

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Community Reporter’s Videos

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

MOSI-ALONG Launch Vids Just had an email from Beth Powell sending me links to early versions of films of the launch. The films have been made by the Community Reporters from People’s Voice Media and capture early thoughts about the … Continue reading →

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myMOSI

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

MOSI-ALONG goes Live Launch; The launch event on April 11 successfully brought together the partners at the Garrard Suite in MOSI and ran from 2pm to 7pm introducing the idea of myMOSI to the invitees. FLICKR feed of images by … Continue reading →

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Launch Event Invite

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

April 11th 2011 Monday 11th April 2pm; We would like to invite you to the launch event for the MOSI-ALONG project, to be held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester; The event will run from 2pm-7pm MOSI-ALONG is … Continue reading →

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Project Schedule April/September 2011

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Planning We had two planning meeting this week on Monday and Tuesday. We evolved the launch event planning a lot, making the Fayre section more participative and part of the User Requirements work by MIMAS. myMOSI; The theme of the … Continue reading →

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Launch Event April 11

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Planning Monday March 21st; We have a planning meeting today to look at how we might run the formal launch of the MOSI-ALONG project at the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester. We have a fantastic space in the Garrard … Continue reading →

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Press Release March 8th

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Draft What follows will probably be our first press release. I’m posting it as it provides an early list of our partners; Twenty years ago, Manchester became the UK’s first Information City, with community groups being offered free access to … Continue reading →

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Public Talk March 3rd

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

MOSI Event Planning; Early meeting with Antonio Benitez (from Malaga) at MOSI who has obtained the Garratt Suite at MOSI itself for the Public Launch of the MOSI-ALONG project on Monday April 11th. Fantastic! (diarise blog fans) Antonio leads on … Continue reading →

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