Weekly digest of W3C news and trends

This is the 30 November - 7 December 2012 edition of a “weekly digest of  
W3C news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C  
Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1])  
[sent separately]. This digest aggregates information about W3C from  
online media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is apprehended in online  
media.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


Notably this week:

- 1400 stories about W3C on Twitter in 7 days.
- 2300 mentions of W3C in 7 days with a peak yesterday (400+ mentions)  
that match 1) Marcos Cáceres’ blog post about why he’s running for the TAG  
election, 2) a short blog post reminder by Daniel Glazman of the 10  
December deadline to submit a position paper for the W3C Workshop on  
Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform.
- net increase of 400 Twitter followers in 7 days, now 50533 followers.
- 23 posts that dlvr.it posted to StatusNet, Twitter and Facebook between  
Nov 27 - Dec 04 got 30.6K clicks (+29%), delivered to 58.2K connections  
(+0.8%).


Below is the compilation of what I harvested monitoring the  
(micro)blogosphere and press.



W3C-related Twitter buzz
------------------------
[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first (popularity is flagged with the figure between  
parenthesis —that is the number of times the same URIs or tweet was  
quoted/RTed.]


* (10) Marcos Cáceres Blog: W3C TAG elections
<http://marcosc.com/2012/12/w3c-tag-elections/>

* (21 —4 yesterday) Alex Russell Blog: Election Season [Note: Post dated  
6-Nov]
<http://infrequently.org/2012/11/election-season/>

* (10) Daniel Glazman Blog: W3C Workshop on Electronic Books and the Open  
Web Platform
<http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/12/06/W3C-Workshop-on-Electronic-Books-and-the-Open-Web-Platform>

* (14) Statements about W3C TAG nominees for 2012 Election
<http://www.w3.org/2012/12/03-tag-nominations>

* (1091) BBC Technology: “Berners-Lee warns of net threat”
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20594779>

* (7) Manu Sporny’s “Microdata CR Objection Rationale Statement”
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Dec/0020.html>

* (16) Henri Sivonen: [whatwg] A plea to Hixie to adopt <main>
<http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2012-December/038219.html>



W3C in the Press (or some blogs)
--------------------------------

Of the 21 articles that I added to our Press Clippings page, the  
highlights are:
  * Internet neutrality
  * European Commission / public Website accessibility
  * DNT / Peter Swire
  * Firefox 18 Beta

Below is a selection of articles.


[Most recent first.
  title, source (date), link.
  Find keywords and the full list of articles on our Press clippings page:
  http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


    The UN asks for control over the world’s Internet
    RT (6 December)
    http://rt.com/usa/news/un-internet-itu-packet-385/


    Ex-White House Official Aims to Get 'Do Not Track' Back on Track
    NationalJournal (6 December)
    http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/ex-white-house-official-aims-to-get-do-not-track-back-on-track-20121206



    Sir Tim Berners-Lee: 'The UN Should Not Run The Internet'
    Huff Post Tech (5 December)
    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/05/sir-tim-berners-lee-the-un-internet_n_2242723.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


    Tim Berners-Lee ouvre les portes de l’Open Data Institute (Tim  
Berners-Lee opens the doors of the Open Data Institute)
    Silicon.fr (4 December)
    http://www.silicon.fr/tim-berners-lee-inauguration-open-data-institute-81562.html


    Sir Tim Berners-Lee flags UN net conference concerns
    BBC News Technology (4 December)
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20594779


    European Commission Wants Single Set Of Website Accessibility Rules To  
Apply To Government Sites By 2015
    TechCrunch (3 December)
    http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/03/european-commission-wants-single-set-of-website-accessibility-rules-to-apply-to-government-sites-by-2015/


    Bandwidth Savvy Apps With New W3C API
    I Programmer (3 December)
    http://www.i-programmer.info/news/81-web-general/5161-bandwidth-savvy-apps-with-new-w3c-api.html


    The W3C web accessibility initiative: 2012 in review
    Access iQ (1 December)
    http://www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2012/12/the-w3c-web-accessibility-initiative-2012-in-review


    'Father of the internet': Why we must fight for its freedom
    CNN (30 November)
    http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/29/business/opinion-cerf-google-internet-freedom/index.html


    Do Not Track Negotiations In Danger Of Breaking Down
    WebProNews (30 November)
    http://www.webpronews.com/do-not-track-negotiations-in-danger-of-breaking-down-2012-11


    Firefox 18 looks very promising: IonMonkey compiler, PDF reader, WebRTC
    GNT (US) (27 November)
    http://us.generation-nt.com/firefox-ionmonkey-javascript-pdf-webrtc-news-3874992.html


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   Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
      W3C/ERCIM - B219 - 2004, rte des lucioles - 06410 Biot - FR
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