From the monthly archives:

May 2006

Independence for older people

by carolhayward 30/05/2006 in People

As posted in the Information & Development Agency’s news bulletin: ‘Telecare’ an electronic device that monitors household behaviour, could be the key to enabling elderly people to keep living in their own homes. By 2050 at least 30 per cent of the European population will be over 80, putting huge pressure on the younger generation. [...]

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Open source software for community groups

by carolhayward 30/05/2006 in People

Headstar’s e-Government bulletin reported last week that Free and Open Source software (FOSS) could halve the cost of phone bills,save 60 per cent on software purchases and make savings on other areas of technologies such as web sites for voluntary and community sector (VCS)organisations. The ‘East of England FOSS in the Voluntary and Community Sector [...]

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Video Views

by Stephen Hilton 25/05/2006 in Bristol

Hats off to the BBC for their Bristol video nation project – but does this person represent NIMBYism or neighbourhoodliness?

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Shortlist of shortlists…

by Clare 23/05/2006 in Bristol

I am blogging this from the Connecting Bristol update session following the submission of the Digital Challenge bid. The meeting was intended as an update and to invite feedback, but events today have superseded this – half an hour ago the Govt Digital Challenge team emailed us to let us know that Bristol has been [...]

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The Bristol Partnership

by Stephen Hilton 22/05/2006 in Bristol

Dick and I have just presented Connecting Bristol to the Bristol Partnership.  This is the 'daddy' of all Bristol's partnerships (no sexism intended) so it is important to have their full support. 
It went  well! 
Barbara Janke, the Council Leader and Chair of the Partnership, Clive Wray from Business West and 'someone' (we didn't get their name) [...]

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Big Brother and Politics

by Stephen Hilton 20/05/2006 in Bristol

 
Prof. Stephen Coleman is probably the world’s leading e-Democracy expert  (top-3 for sure).  He is also a good friend of Bristol.  Stephen chaired our recent Activists and Authorities conference and has evaluated many local e-democracy initiatives for us. 
He takes a healthily sceptical view of authority’s ambitions  – typical quote “democracy is not the gift of government to [...]

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Take a walk on the eastside

by Clare 19/05/2006 in Bristol

Taking in Easton and St Paul's, Visit Eastside have created Walk Eastside, a series of free podcasts which guide you through the areas, taking in local music and food shops. This innovative project is using new technology to help people discover the very best of inner city and hopefully dispel some of the negative impressions [...]

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Is Bristol an Ideopolis?

by Clare 18/05/2006 in Bristol

Apparently not, at least not until we get our education and transport system sorted out, says The Work Foundation in their report Ideopolis: Knowledge City Region.
The report defines an ideopolis as a successful knowledge city, which is sufficiently strong to generate sustainable economic growthfor the whole of the surrounding region.
Speaking at Bristol's Festival of Ideas [...]

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The big flyby

by Clare 18/05/2006 in Bristol

The biggest and most advanced passenger aircraft, the A380, did a Bristol flyby today in recognition of the engineers at Airbus who had worked on it. Welcomed with cheers by staff at Filton, the aircraft is being hailed as a cleaner, quieter and more environmentally friendly aircraft, in a time when the environmental price of [...]

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