Well it's been a busy and exciting few days for Public-i. I expect that Catherine will want to say something more considered when she has time but I thought it might be worth dashing down a few thoughts on our conference and the LGA in general... The conversation about the conversation is growing: We've come a ...
Update: As you'll see here we've had to revise the numbers for Birmingham City Council. The maps and numbers should now reflect higher figures for the city council.) At the LGA conference on Wednesday (1pm) we'll be holding a short session about Twitter, entitled 'Anyone can use Twitter. The question is why should you?' It's just ...
I wanted to talk about Open Space South West and also add a bit of a comment on Carl Haggerty’s post here. I am a huge fan of Open Spaces in their many forms. I am a regular at UK Govcamp and LocalGovCamp and also a co-producer of CityCamp Brighton. Furthermore, through our work with CRIF and We Live Here we're part of an exploration ...
We need to talk about cookie law, don't we? The EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (to give it the full name) will be enforced from Sunday, (the 27th of May 2012) by the Information Commisioner's Office. It, in a nutshell, requires websites to seek permission from users before planting 'cookies' on their browsers. ...
As some folk will know, we're involved in an interesting project with Brighton and Hove City Council and The Democratic Society called 'We Live Here'. Thanks to initial funding from Nesta's Creative Councils, it is working with three communities in Brighton and Hove, looking at how community networks can be mapped and understood to help local ...