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MONMOUTH FLAME (Short Film)
Watch the short film (produced by Dsoundz Media, for Monmouthshire County Council) called “MONMOUTH FLAME”. Edited highlight’s of the Olympic Torch Relay in Monmouth, and the build up to it. ABOUT THE FILM: Monmouth Flame is a short 30 minute film made for Monmouthshire County Council, to document and celebrate when the Olympic Torch arrived […]
Bristol Wireless reports on #Monmouthpedia
Written by Steve Woods @Wood5y – Link to original story: http://www.bristolwireless.net/2012/05/a-look-back-at-monmouthpedia/ The dust has now settled over the launch of Monmouthpedia on Saturday, when Monmouth was officially launched as the world’s first Wikipedia town (news passim). Monmouth, an historic town close to the border between England and Wales, is now sell covered in QR codes, enabling visitors with smart […]
QRpedia codes are taking over Monmouth!
Source: Monmouthshire County Council on Flickr
Monmouthpedia – so what’s in it for local businesses?
What is it? Monmouthpedia has put Monmouth on the map as the world’s first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town. Monmouthpedia will use QRpedia codes around the town, a type of bar code a smartphone can read through its camera that takes you to a Wikipedia article. QR codes are extremely useful, as physical […]
Monmouthpedia in the community: Swancraft Studios
Take a look at this short video made by Monmouthshire County Council. They paid a visit to Swancraft Studios in Monmouth recently to hear about how volunteers and a local art group with people of all abilities are making plaques with QRpedia codes for the town.
Live WEBCAST on Sat 21st Apr at 16:45 BST
On SATURDAY 21ST APRIL from 16:45 – 18:00 BST (GMT +1), Wikimedia UK will be doing a LIVE WEBCAST announcing the winners of the Charles Rolls challenge. Here’s the details and webcast link to watch: [ Click here to watch the live webcast ] Note: As we cannot embed the webcast video directly here, please follow the link above to watch […]
Facebook Decorates Its Roof With A 42-Foot Wide QR Code
( Techcrunch reports [link] : http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/25/facebook-rooftop-qr-code/ ) When Mark Zuckerberg called for a “Space Hackathon” to decorate Facebook’s massive new headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, he probably didn’t expect employees to take him so literally. A few scurried up to the roof with some tar paint, and now there’s a 42-foot wide QR code on the roof that’s visible […]
News to date: 27 March
full press coverage on achievements and news page QRpedia codes in Monmouth, This Month in GLAM, 1st February Wikipedia puts Monmouth on frontier of a new kind of local history, Guardian, 26 January Wikipedia project to cover life in Monmouth, BBC News, 30 December Monmouth becomes the world’s first Wikipedia townmonmouthshire.gov.uk, 2 January Is Monmouthpedia […]
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