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How collaboration can improve our cities (2 examples)

Posted on September 16, 2011 by MattG

(By Matt Golding at Picnic in Amsterdam) A great talk at Picnic just now by Jake Barton of Local Projects. Local projects are doing some fantastic work in the US looking at using local government as a platform for unlocking … Continue reading →

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How the UK government is turning itself into a platform

Posted on August 13, 2010 by ChrisQ

The concept of “government as a platform” is a simple one: just as the value of the iPhone has been maximised by opening up the iPhone and allowing users to create apps (200,000+ to date), so should government open itself … Continue reading →

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