From the monthly archives:

April 2011

Smart City Bristol Report available online

by Kevin 21/04/2011 in Bristol

In 2010, Bristol City Council secured funding from Government (DECC) to commission a Smart City study. This was undertaken by Dr Chris Tuppen, a leading Industry figure. He has now published his findings on slideshare with an accompanying explanatory audio soundtrack.

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Event: Marketing with Mobile Apps, Watershed 2 June, 8am – 11pm

by Kevin 21/04/2011 in Bristol

If you are a small business looking to broaden the reach of your marketing campaigns you might want to think of appealing to the growing number of people who own Smart Phones.  And if you don’t know where to get started with that you may well benefit from attending this free morning seminar which will [...]

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Volunteer small chunks of your time to charity by mobile phone

by Kevin 21/04/2011 in Bristol

Orange have launched an iPhone app which enables people to give small amounts of their time to support a range of charities. The Do Some Good app enables users to volunteer bite sized chunks of their time, when and where it’s convenient, through their mobile phone. The sorts of activities available should take no more [...]

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Grant for Research and Development Available to SME’s

by Kevin 21/04/2011 in Bristol

Technology Strategy Board have announced funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects. The Grant for Research and Development scheme can be applied for by a single enterprise and will support projects which have significant potential to stimulate UK economic growth.
Any UK SME working in any sector may apply, and applications [...]

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IT for business handbook

by Kevin 18/04/2011 in Bristol

It can be complicated to understand just how IT can support and benefit your small business. Making the wrong decisions can be expensive or could be costing you customers. eSkills UK have put together a simple to understand guide for small businesses with advice on getting started with IT, securing your data, getting online, and [...]

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Event: WikiConference UK 2011, Watershed, 16 April 2011, 10am-5pm

by Kevin 14/04/2011 in Bristol

The WikiConference UK 2011 is being held this Saturday at the Watershed (tea and coffee gathering from 9.30am., welcome at 9.50am).
The Conference is free to attend and will incorporate presentations and talks about Wikipedia/Wikimedia, as well as Wikimedia UK’s Annual General Meeting. For more information you can visit the dedicated wiki page, or you can [...]

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Something lovely is coming to Bristol….

by Kevin 12/04/2011 in Bristol

If you spend much time around the Watershed, the Arnolfini or the Pervasive Media Studio you will no doubt have noticed the QR tags around the place suggesting that ‘Something lovely is coming to Bristol’. Unable to contain my curiosity this lunchtime I scanned the tag, and this is what I got….

something lovely is coming [...]

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Skunkworks for Government

by Kevin 12/04/2011 in Bristol

The term “Skunkworks” was first used as an official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs. It has come to describe small, autonomous, groups within organisations who operate in a collaborative, non-bureaucratic environment to develop and deploy specific technical solutions rapidly.
The Cabinet Office is developing a Skunkworks for Central Government, and as budgets become increasing [...]

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€20,000 prize pool on offer in Open Data Challenge

by Kevin 08/04/2011 in Bristol

The Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open Forum Academy and the Share PSI initiative are organising a competition challenging designers, developers, journalists, researchers and the general public to come up with something useful, valuable or interesting using open public data.
The Open Data Challenge has four main categories:

Ideas – Anyone can suggest an idea for projects which [...]

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