At the Interactivism event in London. Hack days are proliferating. These days are designed to turn open data into useful things. Getting a bunch of developer talent into a room and turning open data into a working prototype by the end of a day or two-days. They may be attached two a wider event, likeRead… Read more »
I can’t write it all. Honest, there’s too much learning I took away on both a personal and professional level to do that. So lets try bitesize. We’re pushing boundaries at work at the moment on so many fronts. Internal comms, external comms, internal collaboration, external collaboration, new campaign styles, new websites (that cos nowt),Read… Read more »
Saturday’s LocalGovCamp was a marvellous day, entirely thanks to the superb organisation of Digital Birmingham’s Simon Whitehouse and Sammy Williams; and of course the 130-odd people who turned up on the day, giving up the best part of their weekends to talk about work. Also: thanks to the great sponsors who made the event aRead… Read more »
The July issue of Consumer Reports includes the results of a nationwide survey listing the most annoying customer service problems. Among the top 5 problems are rude and pushy salespeople. Think about the last time you shopped for a new car. Or maybe a new appliance. What was your experience like? What is it thatRead… Read more »
Timothy B. Lee of the Princeton University Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) has posted What Gets Redacted in Pacer?, on the CITP’s blog, Freedom to Tinker. In this post, Mr. Lee reports on research respecting documents from the U.S. federal courts’ PACER database. Using customized software, Mr. Lee —Read… Read more »
Social networking is a fundamental part of the GreenCityStreets concept. Here’s a good summer reading list from UC Berkeley … UC Berkeley Social Networking Reading List. Original post
Hard to believe it’s been 25 years today since the great Len Bias passed… Here’s what others say about him… Michael Wilbon and others in the DMV have some great memories of Len Bias (and ACC basketball at the time)… You are always reminded of what could have been… RIP Len Bias… embrace life onRead… Read more »
A quote from my blog at: http://children-in-virtual-classroom.blogspot.com/ “I am a teacher in a [community] (land of many lost families) who is very desirous of establishing an intergenerational link for my class. I think a large part of the problem our children and our society face is a sense of ‘rootlessness’. … I plan to devoteRead… Read more »
The other night my sister-in-law was visiting. She and my husband are in the same trade – tertiary education – so naturally they spend a lot of time talking shop. The internal politics, the slipping standards, and the cheating. Oh, the cheating! Or plagiarism. Or sloppy referencing. Or as seems particularly popular these days, justRead… Read more »
If ever there was an example of local government being central governments poorer cousin, yesterday was it. This is going to be a quick post – the analytical stuff will come later (I will not be reading anyone else’s content in the meantime, I’ll be riding my bike up and down steep hills, being chuffedRead… Read more »