Scots

Welcome to a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We’ve been doing this for over 4 years now! Clearly there is no god.

We’re talking about the Ice Bucket Challenge. Remember that? Back in the distant past when we used to be able to laugh and have social connections and stuff. Well, we’re going to be talking about that again.

We’re also heading up north, metaphorically, to immerse ourselves in the Scottish version of Wikipedia.

Host Rebecca Rae-Evans is joined by TFGL team members Tom Passmore and Jonny Rae-Evans.

Our special guest is Edward Hibbert from Freegle.

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week 

57,000 Scots Wikipedia articles written by someone with apparently zero knowledge of the language - The Register

Charity news of the week 

Checking back in on the Ice Bucket Challenge - Positive News/Instagram

Household giving could fall by up to 25% - Third Sector

The way we think about charity is dead wrong - Dan Pallotta TED Talk

Tech news of the week 

Who pays for the news?

Why Google and Facebook are being asked to pay for the news they use – explainer - The Guardian

Open Data Manchester have launched their “Declaration for responsible data in Greater Manchester” - Open Data Manchester/Twitter

And finally… 

Adult toys...no not that kind you filthy animals:

Today I learned my baby’s Fisher-Price gamepad accepts the Konami Code - The Verge 

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