From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Bristol plays host to Martha Lane Fox – the Government’s Digital Inclusion Champion

by Stephen Hilton 29/07/2009 in People

Connecting Bristol is delighted that Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion and co-founder of LastMinute.com,  will be visiting Bristol on Friday to find out more about the city’s work on Digital Inclusion and to help formulate ideas for the Government’s new Digital Inclusion Task Force, which Martha Chairs.
Twitter was instrumental in arranging the visit – [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre is seeking to recruit a Web Developer

by Stephen Hilton 14/07/2009 in Bristol

Knowle West Media Centre – Web Developer
6 months contract initially £20k – £25k per annum pro rata dependant on experience

Knowle West Media Centre is looking for a skilled Web Developer to work on in house, community and client websites. You will be able to come up with creative solutions to increase traffic to a number [...]

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BT Announce Faster Broadband for parts of Bristol

by Stephen Hilton 09/07/2009 in Connectivity

Bristol City Council today welcomed BT news that super-fast broadband is to be rolled-out to around 24,000 homes and businesses in and around Bristol.
Three BT exchanges in the city – covering Downend, North Bristol and West Bristol – are among the latest UK locations due to be upgraded next year with super-fast broadband [...]

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Study while you work for a MSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Inclusion

by Stephen Hilton 08/07/2009 in Bristol

People who end up working in Digital Inclusion often start off somewhere completely different.  Connecting Bristol knows of influential digital inclusion practitioners who have studied politics, web usability, archeology and even Fine Art!  Many get involved in Digital Inclusion because it is something they feel passionately about, rather than as a result of [...]

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Click yourself Fitter with Better Food’s on line Health Campaign

by Stephen Hilton 07/07/2009 in Bristol

BRISTOL’S organic multi-award-winning supermarket, The Better Food Company, is launching a free online Better Health Campaign in July.
The St Werburghs-based supermarket will offer experts’ nutritional tips and recipes, yoga exercises, relaxation techniques and supplement advice to help people get fit for winter.
As well as the online campaign there will be tie-in health offers [...]

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Bristol BarCamp 09, first planning meeting is on 10th July

by Kevin 03/07/2009 in Bristol

What is a BarCamp?  Well, according to Wikipedia
BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants

There has been at least one previous BarCamp in Bristol but recently Central and Local Government have also discovered Barcamp.

We are now looking to organise a Bristol BarCamp and the [...]

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Google Finds Local Gov

by Kevin 03/07/2009 in Bristol

Thanks to Dave Briggs for spotting this…
Do you work in local government?
Are you free on 7th August?
Fancy popping down to Victoria in London to visit the Google offices?
Oh, and get to hear from the real experts about how to make the most of Google services, whether search, analytics, maps, advertising, widgetising content, and more?
For the [...]

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