From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Awareness Test

by Andy 18/03/2008 in People

This TfL ad is starting to get good coverage across blogs. I don’t want to give too much away, but it has got a good punchline. If there’s one thing to criticise, it’s that you can’t embed the video on the official site.

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The Big Green Bookshop

by Andy 17/03/2008 in People

I came across this blog last week and thought it was another nice demonstration of how people are using “social media” in real life.
When Waterstone’s closed their branch in Wood Green (near me in London), there was a petition online and a local campaign.
When the store closed, the former managers decided to turn the energy [...]

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DC10plus Map

by Kevin 17/03/2008 in Bristol

The DC10 is the country’s Digital Inclusion Network. Connecting Bristol is a key participant in the group. The 10 founder members are shown on the google map below. As new organisations join the network we will add their location to the map. Interested companies, authorities, third sector organisations and academic institutions will be [...]

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Global Campaigning, Free Stuff and Cute Cats

by Andy 17/03/2008 in People

Recently, I worked with the Global Campaign for Education, who promote education as a human right around the world. They are a coalition of NGOs and trade unions and they run the Global Action Week, which sees activity in 120 countries around the world. Last year, over 5 millon children took part in the campaign.
Action [...]

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Introductions

by Andy 17/03/2008 in People

Hello, my name is Andy and I’ll be your Supply Blogger for this week.
I work with a range of organisations, mostly charities and non-profit groups, recently including the Global Campaign for Education, Green Alliance and Cancer Research UK. (For those of you interested in these things, my work site is here). Over the next few [...]

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Digital Inclusion Wales

by julzswitch 14/03/2008 in Events

Just back from a trip across the big bridge to the Digital Inclusion Wales Conference held at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff. I was asked to go along and present on the subject of ICT-based social enterprises, and found out that of the 180 registered delegates, 80 had opted for this workshop! Fortunately Simon [...]

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Save Money With A Fantastic New VOSCUR Service! – Give One In! Get One Back!

by julzswitch 13/03/2008 in Green ICT

Back in December you may have heard about the Voscur run ‘Give One In, Get One Back’ project.
Voscur, working with Byteback Computer recycling and Bristol Wireless, supported through the ICT Hubs’ Unmet Needs fund is running project to promote the recycling of old computer equipment and the re-use of machines. Those dumb boxes whose shelf [...]

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Technology and Planning

by julzswitch 12/03/2008 in Technology

Spent a day with staff from Black Development Agency, which is based on Russell Town Avenue in Bristol (yes, I do work in Bristol as well), and we had some discussions about the importance of technology in the overall planning of organisations. Its really interesting to find out how different organisations are using various planning [...]

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Is the budget fit to Twit?

by Matt 12/03/2008 in Technology

I noticed that Sky News has been live blogging the Budget in Twitter. For major news announcements I thought that this medium works well and feeds our desire for real time news.
This form of news broadcast is not new, as outlined in my blog, as the Orlando Sentinel recently Twitted live news [...]

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