From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Slivers of Time

by Stephen Hilton 29/01/2008 in Bristol

We at Connecting Bristol have been banging on about the potential of Slivers of Time, Homeshoring and other forms of ultra-flexible working for quite some time now.
The idea is to create a new type of employment market place, which gives far more control to employees about where and when they work and at the [...]

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I Think or We Think?

by Stephen Hilton 29/01/2008 in People

In many large, corporate organisations, it is the Chief Executive’s views that all-important. But is there another way? Can organisations develop new, collaborative ways of working and will these deliver better services?
In the Connecting Bristol bid we referred to “co-production” – Charles Leadbetter talks and writes about “we-think”
“We-Think: the power of mass creativity [...]

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Are we getting enough fibre?

by Kevin 25/01/2008 in Connectivity

Fibre networking firm H20 has launched its Fibrecities initiative, with the aim of bringing ultra fast connectivity to homes and businesses in the UK. The fibre optic cable is deployed through underground sewer networks bringing speeds of up to 100meg to users. H20 plan to pilot the scheme in Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee from September [...]

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Dublin Free Wi-Fi Plans Blocked by EU Ruling

by Stephen Hilton 10/01/2008 in Connectivity

Dublin City Council’s plans to deliver free city Wi-Fi have been dashed by an EU ruling that the project is in breach of state aid rules.
The Sinn Fein Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald is reported as saying that ‘the decision is another example of EU policy making negatively impacting [...]

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Conference 5th February: Open Source Software in the Voluntary Sector

by Kevin 10/01/2008 in Bristol

The availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is an attractive proposition for the Voluntary Sector. FOSS can potentially provide less expensive, easier to maintain, more extensible, more secure implementations of software than proprietary alternatives. If you want to explore the options and issues around deploying FOSS in your Voluntary Sector organization register for [...]

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