Tag Archives: open data

UK Govcamp 2011 – A live blog

UPDATE 16:30 (from Robin) 2 more action packed sessions! First up was a discussion on using WordPress in government, showcasing the new DEFRA website with WP 3.0 multi-site implementation. Second was an excellent talk on Open Data where I was … Continue reading

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Bristol Open Data Hack Day Kicks Off

So here we all are at the Colston Hall for the open data hack day we’re putting on in conjunction with Bristol City Council. There’s a great atmosphere in the room, the event sold out and we’ve just come up … Continue reading

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Heather talks about Delib’s open budget data project

Our Open Data project with iShed and Bristol City Council has been a white knuckle rollercoaster of data acquisition resulting in no data and a revision of our project. In this video Chris asks me (mildly) searching questions about our … Continue reading

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Open data is tricksy

  First published on the Media Sandbox project site.   Well, it’s been a long hard road but we think we may get a new, fresh juicy data file any minute now. Fantastic news.     Meanwhile, we have been … Continue reading

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Government as a platform – infographic

I first came across the idea of “government as a platform” when I was interviewing Tim O’Reilly earlier in the year.  Tim’s quickest way of explaining “gov as a platform” was using the iPhone as an analogy: i.e. just as … Continue reading

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