Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I had the privilege if being invited to present at the EDO 2010 International Congress in Barcelona at the Centre for Legal Studies and Specialized Training on 12, 13, 14 Ma…
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.htmlSo, it will soon be a Wave goodbye to Google’s innovative email-cum-social-media-cum-social-networking environment. Credit them with trying something new, and not being afraid to adm…
Just some of the reaction to the UK government’s response to a petition submitted to Downing Street in February that opposed UK Gov’s continued endorsement of Microsoft’s IE 6. It shows a complete and absolute misunderstanding of the issue. …
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 …
