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e-vote or sms your Support for Sustrans Big Lottery Bid

by Kevin 23/11/2007 in Bristol

Online voting is due to start on Monday 26th November for a Sustrans and Bristol City Council project to create a brand new cycling and walking link between Bristol and Nailsea.
“Connect2″ is one of four projects competing in the Big Lottery Fund’s: The People’s £50 million contest on ITV in December. Online voting opens on [...]

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South West Regional Conference: Harnessing Technology

by Kevin 14/11/2007 in Bristol

SWRDA are hosting a regional conference in Taunton on 4th December, 10am to 3:30pm, at the Somerset College of Arts & Technology.
The conference will comprise;

Feedback from the regional workshop which brought together national and regional figures in ICT to consider the region’s successes, challenges and opportunities in economic development.
The economic impact of ICTs on the [...]

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Could things get any worse for the BBC iPlayer?

by Matt 17/08/2007 in Technology

 

After four years of troubled beta testing for the BBC iPlayer, the Beeb could be forgiven for thinking that the situation could not get any worse. It now has: the techies are grumbling at ever lengthening bug lists and the ISPs are wading in regarding the BBC iPlayer’s insatiable appetite for bandwidth. However, if the BBC keeps a [...]

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Event: The Cult of The Amateur: is today’s internet killing our culture?

by Clare 13/08/2007 in Bristol

7 September 2007 | 1900hrs | Watershed, Bristol
Tickets £5.00 / £3.50 Tel: 0117 927 5100
Watershed opened its doors in 1982 to capture that shift in media at the point when satellite was beginning and Channel 4 was just starting up. Arguably, it is only really recently with the explosion of the web that we are [...]

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Safer Internet Day

by Clare 06/02/2007 in Events

Today is Safer Internet Day, which almost 40 countries will participate in. Taking place for  the fourth year running, the event is organised by European Schoolnet, coordinator of Insafe, the European safer internet network (www.saferinternet.org).
The highlight of the day will once again be a worldwide blogathon, publishing the voices of hundreds of youngsters from across [...]

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Dorkbot – 8 February

by Clare 01/02/2007 in Bristol

From artists and filmmakers to scientists, programmers, architects and designers, Dorkbot is a global movement for people doing strange things with electricity.
Next Event : 8 February, Arnolfini, 7pm
Guests: Julian Oliver on Packet Garden and Teresa Dillon on Polar Produce
Packet Garden is a digital commission for Arnolfini. A network visualisation project which captures information about how [...]

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Electric December

by Clare 02/10/2006 in Projects

Electric December, Bristol’s annual online digital advent calendar, is now in its seventh year. Receiving over 3 million requests from 88 countries, Electric December partners local community and education groups with professional media companies, to facilitate the production of new creative content for the web.
From local primary schools to The Evening Post, these partnerships ensure [...]

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Internet Rangers

by Clare 11/09/2006 in People

BT’s Internet Rangers website was mentioned at the last Digital Challenge meeting.
The aim is to get young people to take on the role of teachers, helping adults get to grips with the Internet. The initiative has some useful parallels with Connecting Bristol’s aim to increase digital know-how through reverse mentoring.
The site features handy hints re [...]

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Electric December 2006

by Clare 11/09/2006 in Bristol

Electric December is Bristol’s annual online advent calendar and 2006 marks the eighth year of this unique event. Digital presents are put together by a range of contributors including many local organisations, businesses and educational settings.
Electric December  is inviting contributions from the Connecting Bristol Momentum group for the last few remaining calendar windows. This may [...]

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