Author Archives: Deirdre Molloy

Open Plaques Open Day: content group

With the Open Plaques project it’s difficult to separate content from technology – where does one end and the other start, and are they even usefully separated? But thanks to the team assembled in the Content working group at our … Continue reading

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Open Plaques Open Day event confirmed

Good news! We’ll be holding our Open Plaques Open Day event on Saturday 25th September 2010 in the Centre for Creative Collaboration (venue hashtag: #c4cc) at 16 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG. If you’re interested in joining us, save the … Continue reading

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Open Plaques selected for RSA Catalyst support

We’re delighted to announce that Open Plaques has been selected for RSA Catalyst funding and support. This backing from the RSA will help us accelerate collaborative development of the website and its content through a one-day event this autumn, and … Continue reading

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Philosophy then and now

London has been home to many philosophers, some native, others transient, just like the melting-pot of Londoners today – John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jeremy Bentham, Mary Wollstonecraft, Bertrand Russell and Karl Popper to name a few. I went looking recently … Continue reading

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Meet the time bandits

As the Open Plaques project is all about connecting past and present, time is bound into its DNA. Walking around our streets, the past is sometimes obvious but frequently less so. How we bridge that gap has got me thinking … Continue reading

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