Startup Summer 2013

A quick plug for Startup Summer this summer's main unconference. Featuring an awesome lineup of speakers (at fixed times). The flyer and provisional time that the headline speakers will be presenting can be found below:

Startup Summer - Tech Meets Creative

Provisional speaker times

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Price: FREE (£20 refundable deposit – which is refunded on the day if you attend – please note that money will only leave your account if you fail to attend http://startupsummerce.eventbrite.co.uk)

When: Friday 26th July

Where: Camden Collective, 37 Camden High Street: London NW1 7JE

Turn your Xbox 360 into a media server for free (tutorial)

If you have an Xbox 360 and haven't turned it into a media server then you are missing a trick! By following this simple tutorial you will be able to access and stream all of the media on your computer (or mac) directly to your Xbox using your home WIFI.

Start by Downloading TVMOBiLi for free and make sure that your Xbox 360 and the computer with TVMOBiLi (installed on it) are online.

Once downloaded follow the simple visual tutorial below (on your own Xbox). This will help you find the media that you would like to stream and how it integrates with TVMOBiLi

– Switch on your Xbox

– Decide which player you would like to use (based on what kind of media you would like to stream)

– Select TVMOBiLi as the source (if TVMOBiLi does not appear check that your Xbox 360 and home computer (with TVMOBiLi installed on it) are both online)

– Select the media that you would like to stream

– and enjoy

If you need further help or would like to stream to your PS3 view the TVMOBiLi tutorial page

How to grow from 1 to 1 Million users

Kevin Rose (founder of Digg) shares the secrets to digg.com and wefollow.com's explosive user growth. He covers ten unique strategies that turn passive users into passionate advocates.

Turkish Protest Twitter Hashtags Translated into English

I have translated the Turkish protest hashtags into English. I have done this to help those who do not understand Turkish to get a better understanding of what is happening in Turkey. I hope that these translations will help people to research the reasons why the protests are taking place against the Turkish government in Turkey and across the globe

Social media ensured that the voices from the Turkish protesters have been heard. The international media was very slow to cover demonstrations held in Turkey despite the uproar on Twitter and the violent scenes filmed and distributed across social media sites. On Friday the hashtag #DirenGeziParkı (which translates to 'stand strong those protesting in Gezi Park') became the top tweeted hashtag across the globe as the violence intensified. Other hashtags also filled the top spots during the course of the day. However it didn't make the national TV news within the UK until the continued protesting on Saturday and today.

Turkish protest hashtags translated into English.

#TAYYİPSANAGÜLEGÜLE – " Goodbye Tayyip" (statement to indicate that Tayyip Erdogan the current prime minister is going to be forced out of power soon)
#cnnntvhabertürküBOYKOTEDİYORUZ -" We boycott CNNTV and Haber Turk" (CNN in Turkey and Haber Turk TV Station are state controlled. This hashtag is used to raise the awareness that the reporting by the state media is not subjective. A petition about CNN needing to re-claim the TV station has now been launched.
#DictatorErdogan "Dictator Erdogan" (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's is the Prime Minister in Turkey. His leadership is being compared to that of a Dictator)
StopLie AboutTurkey "Stop Lying about Turkey" (Directed to the government who are reporting a very different story to that told by the protesters).
#occupygezi "Occupy Gezi" – (Occupy Gezi Park, the place where the protests started. Gezi Park is one of the last green areas in central Istanbul. It is due to be developed into a shopping mall despite the wishes of many).
#direngeziparki "Stand Strong Gezi Park" (Stand Strong those protesting in Gezi Park)
#taksim – "Taksim" – Taksim is a popular area to visit and socialise in within Istanbul. It is near Gezi Park. Taksim Square is one of the areas in Turkey where a large protest is taking place.
#direnankara "Stay Strong Ankara". Ankara is the capital of Turkey and an area where a lot of protests are currently taking place against the government. It is also the location of the Prime Ministers office.
NEW #1MİLLETUYANIYOR "I nation awakening" (The Turkish people uniting under this hashtag. This is currently the most tweeted hashtag across the Globe)
NEW #ÜlkenİçinSağduyuluOl "For your country have common sense" (statement directed to the ruling party & the Turkish police)
NEW #24saatiçindeistifaet "Resign in 24 Hours" (statement directed at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's is the Prime Minister in Turkey)
NEW #BuVatanHepimizinSahipÇık "This country is ours, own it"

Graph to show tweets about Turkish Protests during the day on Friday (statistical data and graphs below via The Monkey Cage)

Twitter heat map

"Part of the reason for the extraordinary number of tweets is related to a phenomenon that is emerging in response to a perceived lack of media coverage in the Turkish media. Dissatisfied with the mainstream media’s coverage of the event, which has been almost non-existent within Turkey, Turkish protestors have begun live-tweeting the protests as well as using smart-phones to live stream video of the protests"

— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 2, 2013

Turkish Police brutally disperse Istanbul crowds

Why are the Turkish People Fighting?

The protests against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continue across Turkey with demonstrations outside Turkish embassies in London, New York, Barcelona and across the globe.

Feel free to tweet this post adding the Turkish protest hashtags to spread it far and wide: #TAYYİPSANAGÜLEGÜLE, #cnnntvhabertürküBOYKOTEDİYORUZ #DictatorErdogan #occupygezi #direngeziparki #taksim #direnankara

The Snoopers’ Charter & The Civil Liberties for ALL UK Citizens Under-Threat (again)

The Snoopers' Charter is back in the UK news. It's only been one month since Nick Clegg declared it dead but already Home Secretaries past and present are calling for the Snoopers' Charter to be brought back in response to appalling tragedy in Woolwich.

John Reid – former Labour Home Secretary and director of G4S, currently working for security firm The Chertoff Group and a regular speaker on the security conference circuit – decided that monitoring the entire British population was an appropriate answer to Woolwich, just hours after the event.

Theresa May
CC-BY Photo by UK Home Office

Theresa May also wants to bring the Snoopers' Charter back. She's supported by another former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson who's suggesting that Labour could join forces with the Tories to get it through Parliament. All this despite many people, including May's cabinet colleague Eric Pickles, saying that Woolwich would not have been prevented by the Snoopers' Charter.

The Snoopers' Charter was dead but it's come back sooner than any of us expected. We've stopped it twice already so we know we can win. There's plenty we can do now to help stop it again.

What can you do to help stop a revived Snoopers' Charter?

Come to an ORG meeting
Local ORG Groups are meeting up for everyone to hear and talk about what's happening with the Snoopers' Charter. We'll need to put pressure on lots of local MPs so these meetings are crucial to start fighting any new proposals.

If you're anywhere near Sheffield, Manchester or Edinburgh, please come along. They're free to attend and it'd be great to see you there.
Sheffield – Tuesday 11th June – Simon Phipps talk "CDB: The Zombie Bill That Just Won't Die"
Manchester – Wednesday 12th June – Simon Phipps talk "CDB: The Zombie Bill That Just Won't Die"
Edinburgh – Thursday 13th June – Panel discussion with Ian Murray MP, Marco Biagi MSP, and Jim Killock
Come to ORGCon 2013
ORGCon is on Saturday 28th June. It's our biggest event of the year and there're lots of things to get involved with to do with the Snoopers' Charter.

We've put together a great panel to talk about the Snoopers' Charter including Julian Huppert MP who was one of the leading Parliamentarians on the issue. We've also got Peter Sommer who wrote much of our Digital Surveillance report on our proposals for better surveillance law.

ORG's Campaigns Director Javier Ruiz is running an Activism Workshop to discuss how to get involved with our campaigns by meeting your MP face-to-face, writing to the media about digital rights issues like Snoopers' Charter and lots more.

Tickets are just £16 for existing supporters and £28 for people who haven't joined us yet. Students get in for just £6!

If you're not an ORG supporter yet, join today and get your ORGCon ticket absolutely free! It's a great chance to join a growing movement that supports our digital rights and stands up to those that try to take them away.
Join ORG
Joining ORG is one of the best things you can do to fight the Snoopers' Charter. We keep costs down as much as we can but running campaigns isn't free. When you join ORG you become part of a movement standing up for your digital rights. As an added bonus, if you join today you get a free ticket to ORGCon 2013 and a copy of keynote speaker Tim Wu's book The Master Switch.
Email and Meet your MP
Emailing your MP is an easy way to let them know you're against reviving the Snoopers' Charter. You can even use the opportunity to arrange to meet them at their constituency surgery.

Information via an email by the Open Rights Group. Source can be found here

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