From the monthly archives:

June 2006

Wi-fi pioneers creating a social movement

by Clare 27/06/2006 in Bristol

BBC NEWS has a story today about Spanish company Fon who are trying to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots.
Fon will sell wi-fi routers, which allow people to surf the net wirelessly, for $5 (£2.75).
The company, which has financial backing from Google and [...]

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Wiki Bristol

by fluffylogic 27/06/2006 in Bristol

Wiki technology is here!  Bristol based technology company, FluffyLogic, have just completed an article for the Indepdendent newspaper on wikis;
 Many believe that the web has entered its newest and most exciting phase: a communal era, which looks to both its altruistic beginnings as well as to its most powerful aspirations. The media technology leading this [...]

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National Judging

by Stephen Hilton 16/06/2006 in Bristol

Yesterday Carolyn Hassan from Knowle West Media Centre, Dick from the Watershed, Council Leader Barbara Janke and I presented Bristol’s Digital Challenge bid to the national judging panel and … we did great! 
The presentation took place in London’s Guildhall Art Gallery, a very impressive location – the sort of place designed to remind you [...]

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Open Source Bristol

by fluffylogic 14/06/2006 in Bristol

Open Source is in the news one more as the world's first ever open source film was released, Elephants Dream:

"The short film was created by the Orange Open Movie Project studio in Amsterdam during 2005/2006, bringing together a diverse team of artists and developers from all over the world."

If you're not sure what Open Source [...]

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It was a tough match

by Stephen Hilton 12/06/2006 in Bristol

but we got through the regional shortlisting for the Digital Challenge!
Bristol and Cornwall now represent the SouthWest in the national shortlist (comiserations to West Devon). 
We will make a presentation to a national government panel this Thursday morning (we have just ten minutes to presnt).  This panel will select ten winners to go through to the next [...]

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Enterprising Bristol awards

by carolhayward 09/06/2006 in Bristol

New Enterprising Bristol Awards were launched yesterday to celebrate the city’sentrepreneurial spirit – and support bid for government funds.
The Enterprising Bristol Awards aim to recognise the achievement of individuals or groups who have used creativity and innovation to achieve outstanding entrepreneurial success – in businesses, social enterprises, community activities or voluntary work. The categories are:

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South West peer review presentation

by carolhayward 09/06/2006 in Bristol

The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic gathering quotes from a sample of Connecting Bristol members to give a flavour of the kind of enthusiasm and support that people have in Bristol for our digital challenge bid. Only four people were allowed to attend the peer review session in Taunton today so it’s [...]

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Get Short(y) Films

by fluffylogic 02/06/2006 in Bristol

Some are pointing to a resurgence for the short film: The Oscar winning filmmaker Jane Campion has just completed a short film United Nation’s development project on its millennium goals. She told the Guardian, “But they are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What’s appealing is that [...]

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From tobacco to wi-fi

by Clare 01/06/2006 in Bristol

Times Online covered George Furguson's new project in Hartcliffe yesterday. A former Wills tobacco office is being developed by Urban Splash into apartments and what makes the scheme noteworthy is that the entire building will be connected to wi-fi.

 

“I advise my clients to install wi-fi all the time now because it is such an economical [...]

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