# What I've starred this month: October 28, 2011

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this month:

- [Introducing @GuardianTagBot, your new Twitter-based search assistant](http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2011/oct/27/guardian-tag-bot-twitter-questions) - *October 27, 2011*
- [Google+ Resurrects Playback Feature From Wave, Renames It “Ripples”](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/m03iMeNf-z8/) - *October 28, 2011 - and adds visualisation to the conversation*
- [Google+ now available for Google Apps domains](http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-now-available-for-google-apps.html) - *October 27, 2011*
- [Collecting Tweets With the TwitterPad Plug-In for WordPress](http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/collecting-tweets-with-the-twitterpad-plugin-for-wordpress/36823) - *October 25, 2011*
- [Hackers are vital to the university culture of openness and innovation | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional](http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/2011/oct/18/hacking-academy-devxs-conference) - *October 24, 2011*
- [Student Charter](http://clipp.blogs.aston.ac.uk/2011/10/student-charter/) - *October 24, 2011 - (Technology in Higher Education) from the NUS*
- [Open Online Course: Learning Analytics 2012](http://www.learninganalytics.net/?p=138) - *October 21, 2011 - via @gsiemens*
- [. @danbri presents 'views of bibliographic data, based on similarity measures' \[calculated by mahout viz w/h Gephi\]](http://danbri.org/words/2011/10/11/720) - *October 17, 2011 - via @ostephens*
- [What can be done to encourage HEIs to embrace open learning resources?](http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2011/oct/17/open-educational-resources-collaboration) - *October 17, 2011*
- [Student as Creator](http://bavatuesdays.com/student-as-creator/) - *October 16, 2011*
- [The race to platform education](http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2011/10/13/the-race-to-platform-education/) - post by George Siemens \*highly recommended\* *October 13, 2011*
- [Google Plus: Click This Button to See What People Are Saying There About Your Site](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/UZT75MLIPzs/google_plus_click_this_button_to_see_what_people_a.php) - *October 11, 2011*
- [Google appointment slots for parent teacher conferences](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TjHouston/~3/0WD3w33kYwk/) - post by Tim Houston on how you can use Google Calendar to let people fill in appointment slots *October 12, 2011*
- [Badges, identity and the $2million prize fund](http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/rowin/2011/10/11/badges/) - *October 11, 2011*
- [SocialnetImporter for NodeXL: Import your Facebook ego-networks](http://www.connectedaction.net/2011/10/10/socialnetimporter-for-nodexl-import-your-facebook-ego-networks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socialnetimporter-for-nodexl-import-your-facebook-ego-networks) - *October 10, 2011*
- [JISC Grant funding 16/11: JISC Digital infrastructure programme](http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/10/grantcall1611.aspx) - *October 21, 2011*
- [6 Best Practices for Universities Embracing Social Media](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/__7vVd7ta2E/) - *October 10, 2011*
- [RepositoryMan: Using EPrints Repositories to Collect Twitter Data](http://repositoryman.blogspot.com/2011/10/using-eprints-repositories-to-collect.html) - *October 10, 2011 - by @lescarr via @briankelly another way to archive tweets*
- [How data and open government are transforming NYC](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oreilly/radar/atom/~3/YqG9OBF5zuA/data-new-york-city.html) - *October 7, 2011*
- [There's a wealth of data out there – why not let us use it? | Ben Goldacre](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/07/wealth-of-data-locked-away) - *October 7, 2011*

*Automatically generated from [my Google Reader Shared Items](http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11609741331127149470).*