It would appear that the inmates really are in control of the asylum. I can accept that an elected official must abide by a code of conduct when blogging or tweeting in an official capacity, but surely most sane people would accept this for what i…
I’m grateful to my friend and colleague Dave Briggs for posting some information about the Knowledge Hub – a project that seems to have consumed my very existence for 18 months now, and getting closer to becoming reality. It will take online Commu…
This week saw the launch of the third of three reports from NESTA/nef on co-production, ‘Right Here, Right Now’. The first report, The Challenge of Co-production, published in December 2009, explained what co-production is and why it offers the po…
For anyone who has used/still uses Facebook, then probably nothing here too surprising. Maybe generation Y users (who apparently scored it a bit higher than generation X users) don’t yet have the experience to know what a good user interface looks…
A noble aim, but is it a realistic target? After all there is: (a) no budget (b) no incentive for retailers to provide cheap or subsidised access (c) dogged reluctance from some to use the internet (even if it was free) (d) little support for novi…
http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/the-semantic… A good introduction to the subject, with clear explanations of RDF, URI, SPARQL, and useful links to additional resources. See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/7pf9 via Amplify.com
Chris Taggart (member of the Local Public Data Panel) identifies the first of what is likely to be a growing number of enterprising organisations that will spring up as ‘the saviours’ to local councils struggling to come to terms with the need to …
It’s taken a while for me to get around to posting an update to my ‘Knowledge Hub Part 1’ post, mainly as a result of being fully immersed in the technology procurement process these past several months. This phase is now almost complete and we wi…
A topic close to my heart having developed the CoP platform for UK local government (http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk). With over 1000 facilitated CoPs working towards improvement in public services, there may be some facilitators looking for a …
