Bristol BarCamp 09, first planning meeting is on 10th July
July 3, 2009 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol, Bristol City Council, Events, collaboration, Power of Information, Bristol Barcamp, Localgov camp , 2 comments
What is a BarCamp? Well, according to Wikipedia
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 first planning meeting will be held at i-Shed, The Bristol Pervasive Media Studio on 10th July from 4pm.
Personally, I want to see if we can have a Bristol BarCamp that brings together Councillors, Local Gov and Public Sector Managers, Social Web and Eco experts to come up with some green-digital-bristol-innovation but that’s just my thing… it is an open planning meeting so come along and say what you want from Bristol BarCamp.
Confusingly, I am posting this from Kevin’s Wordpress account. If anyone wants to email me to discuss then its stephen.hilton@bristol.gov.uk
Google Finds Local Gov
Posted by Kevin in : Bristol, Bristol City Council, Innovation, Connecting Bristol, collaboration , add a comment
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 princely sum of, er, nothing?
Then you’re in luck.
Pencil that date in your diary. Keep an eye on #googlelocalgov on Twitter. More information will be released as it is confirmed.
This will be a ticketed event, and it will be first-come-first-served when it comes to places. You can’t afford to miss this one!
Digital Mission Bristol - Monday 29th June @ eOffice
June 23, 2009 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Bristol, Events, Europe, Business , add a comment
Digital Mission Bristol
Mon, 29th June, 5-7pm (networking till 8.30)
eOffice Bristol, 11-19 Wine Street, BS1 2PH
FREE REGISTRATION
As part of a series of regional workshops to publicise the Digital Mission trips to the USA in 2009/2010, the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Chinwag will be visiting Bristol on Monday, 29th June.
Digital Missions are a series of trade missions organised Chinwag and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). They are specifically designed to help UK-headquartered digital SME’s expand internationally, understand foreign markets, attract investment, find partners and develop business relationships.
Bristol is ready for Carter's Digital Britain…
June 15, 2009 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Bristol, Bristol City Council, News, Technology, Connecting Bristol, NGA , 16 comments
On the eve of Lord Carter’s final Digital Britain Report our latest city data shows that Bristol’s residents are ready and waiting… 3 in every 4 are already regular Internet users who have used the Web in the last week.
Residents are most likely to access the Web at Home (76% in the last 6 months), Work (48%) and in School/College/University (17%). Approaching one in six (13%) have accessed the Internet for FREE in one of Bristol’s Libraries.
A more detailed look at the data shows that men are significantly more likely to use the Internet at home than women (81% compared to 76%) although there is no significant difference in the number of men and women who say that they do not use the Internet.
Older residents are the most likely to say that they do not use the Internet, with 56% of those over the age of 65 saying this compared to only 2% of 18-34 year olds.
Those who do not work full time, disabled people and those who live in social housing are also all significantly more likely to say that they do not use the Internet.
15% of Bristol residents do not use the Internet at all.
Source = Bristol Place Survey 2008/9 (IPSOS MORI/Bristol City Council)
You can follow the Digital Britain announcement live here