From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Citizen-Driven Innovation in Government IT in Bristol?

by Stephen Hilton 27/05/2009 in Bristol

The Washington D.C.-based Apps for Democracy has a collection of 47 Web, iPhone and Facebook applications for various democracy-related pursuits. Many use the city’s crime, safety, transport, tourism or parking data to create citizen-focussed benefits.
What’s particularly interesting is that these applications were developed by citizens in a competition. Apps for Democracy say they [...]

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Local Gov TV – interview about high-speed broadband developments

by Bryn 27/05/2009 in Connectivity

Has anybody visited LocalGovTV? It’s a really useful online TV channel where you can watch interviews/short films etc about government initiatives.
If like us you are interested in high-speed broadband developments you should watch ‘Engaging communities through high-speed broadband – Interview with Richard Steel, President of Socitm’.
You can go straight to the interview by [...]

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Wi-Fi Networking in Knowle West

by Helen 22/05/2009 in Bristol

Connecting Bristol has been working in partnership with Cityspace, Bristol Wireless, KWW Computers and Knowle West Media Centre in Knowle West to implement a Wi-Fi network in the area.
The network consists of three phases, firstly the implementation of a wireless backbone running from Broadwalk to The Park, Daventry Road, complemented by street level [...]

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Noise Action Week 18-22 May …. more details

by Bryn 19/05/2009 in Bristol

South Bristol Digital Neighbourhoods have been working with Bristol City Council to provide local residents with ICT training, giving people confidence in using the internet and showing them how they can use the council’s consultation site www.askbristol.com. This website allows citizens to influence local decisions, and is part of an EU e-participation project called Citizenscape.
For [...]

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Street Art …. just for the (web) record

by Bryn 18/05/2009 in Bristol

Street art has become a much debated topic in Bristol, but whatever your opinion it is hard to deny that it has influenced the city in someway.
Back in 2007 an online petition on Bristol City Council’s e-petition portal collected over 3′000 signatures in support of keeping the Banksy street art at the bottom of park [...]

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South Bristol digital mentors update …. 100+ and counting

by Bryn 11/05/2009 in Bristol

The South Bristol digital mentors pledge was started on 29th March 2009. As of today over 100 people have signed the pledge to give an hour of their time to support the project.
The pledge is open until the 30th June 2009, and I’m sure the team at the Knowle West media Centre would like to [...]

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What’s your average speed?

by Bryn 05/05/2009 in Connectivity

Putting your megabit numbers into context ….
A study released in January 2009 by Ofcom revealed that the average broadband speed was just 3.6MB (megabits) per second. This is a fast enough connection to listen to audio and watch video, however over 60% of UK consumers currently subscribe to packages promising speeds of up [...]

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