From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Open Data – Tough Decisions

by Stephen Hilton 28/07/2010 in Bristol

Today was the closing date for submissions to the Bristol B-Open competition and I am delighted to hear that we have had 11+ proposals for innovative open data projects from Bristol companies. The expert panel (and me) will be shortlisting over the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed we will be able to commission [...]

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The Guardian interviews Bristol eDemocracy entrepreneur Chris Quigley

by Kevin 28/07/2010 in Bristol

Chris Quigley, founder of Bristol based eDemocracy Consultancy Delib has been speaking to the Guardian about his involvement in the online activities of both the Obama administration in the States and the Coalition government here in the UK.
Chris is a firm believer in policy crowdsourcing and has recently been working on the Treasuries Spending Challenge [...]

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Bristol Streets: Data Mapping the City

by Kevin 22/07/2010 in Bristol

Bristol Streets is a web site that provides map based information about transport, and individuals opinions of the city of Bristol. Local web firm Logogriph developed the map mash up, working with a range of transport data sources, including buses, cycle routes, trains and ferries.  There is also a layer to comment on the [...]

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Event: 29 July-21 August, Create Centre, Nlarge Photography exhibition

by Kevin 21/07/2010 in Bristol

Nlarge Photography are a group of young people between 13 and 19 who have undertaken an extensive programme of training in all aspects of photography. They meet every Tuesday at Knowle West Media Centre. The group are always happy to welcome new members. If you are interested in joining them you can contact them on [...]

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Nesta ‘Make it Local’ funding available for innovative data projects

by Kevin 19/07/2010 in Bristol

Make it Local aims to encourage collaboration between local authorities and digital media developers, to provide innovative, web-based services for their communities. Connecting Bristol launched a similar competition earlier this month.
Nesta recognise that Local Authorities hold data that digital creatives can use to build useful and compelling application. The competition is offering three local authorities [...]

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Broadband roll out delayed

by Kevin 19/07/2010 in Bristol

The Government has delayed delivering on its commitment to ensure that every UK home has access to broadband speeds of at least 2 megabits per second (mbps). The original target had been to achieve this by 2012, but this has been revised to the end of the current Parliament in 2015. There [...]

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What is a petition?

by Kevin 15/07/2010 in Bristol

Local Authorities have an obligation to have a process in place to accept petitions from citizens. By Christmas this year they will need to be in a position to accept ePetitions.
Petities.nl, the Dutch national petitioning website has produced this video to explain in simple terms how to make the most of your opportunity to engage [...]

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Connecting Bristol Shortlisted for Good Communications Partnership Award this evening

by Kevin 15/07/2010 in Bristol

The Annual Good Communications Awards recognise achievement in all areas of public sector comms. This year Connecting Bristol has been shortlisted alongside Kent Connects and Hertfordshire County Council for the IT Partnership Award.
I’m currently testing the excellent (and free) instant webcasting application Bambuser, and will attempt to webcast the announcement of the winner live from [...]

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Bristol Council leaders video update on the City’s property sector

by Kevin 12/07/2010 in Bristol

Barbara Janke, the leader of Bristol Council, has been producing regular video updates exploring a range of issues and concerns across the City.
The latest video in this series looks at the opportunities which should emerge in Bristol’s property sector as the City begins to emerge from recession.

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