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Emer Coleman: the challenges of managing open data projects Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/emer.jpg] Emer Coleman [https://twitter.com/#!/emercoleman], Deputy Director of Digital Engagement at the Government Digital Service [http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/] Some reflections from her experience in building the London Data Store [https://www.google.co.uk/
Tom Steinberg: how to open the data people actually want Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/tom.jpg] Tom Steinberg [http://www.mysociety.org/about-tom-steinberg/], founder and director of mySociety [http://www.mysociety.org/] mySociety is a charitable enterprise that exists to make people more powerful by giving them access to democratic process – like being
Jonathan Carr-West on open data as our new fields of exchange Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/jonathan.jpg] Jonathan Carr-West [https://twitter.com/joncarrwest], director of Local Government Information Unit [http://blog.lgiu.org.uk/] How do we deal with the financial crisis? With climate change? How do we train our children for jobs that
Leigh Dodds on rebuilding cities after the data fire Paid Members Public
Leigh Dodds [https://twitter.com/#!/ldodds], chief technology officer of Kasabi [http://kasabi.com/] [https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/leigh.jpg] Leigh is talking about the foundations of digital cities. But he’s starting with Robert Hooke [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke]
Brighton and Hove: becoming an open data, collaborative city Paid Members Public
I’m at the Open Data Cities conference [http://opendatacitiesconference.com/speakers-and-schedule/] all day. And this is the opening session: Sadly, John Barradell, chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council isn’t with us, as he’s sick. He’s got stand ins: Charlie Stewart, strategic director andJohn Shewell,
Open Public Data could make our cities better Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-12-at-14.08.22.png] It’s a rare pleasure when multiple elements of my interests intersect in one event. Pleasingly, that’s happening with next Friday’s Open Data Cities event [http://opendatacitiesconference.com/]. 10 years as a commercial
Le Web: How is social-mobile-local changing media? Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/12/mediapanel3.jpg] A panel discussion the changes in media wrought by the latest technology, moderated by Thomas Crampton [http://www.thomascrampton.com]. Not surprisingly, Paul-François Fournier, Executive Vice President, Orange Technocentre defines media as, essentially, businesses that produce content,
#likeminds - Steve Moore is building the Big Society Paid Members Public
 The Big Society – it’s an idea that started to emerge a year or so ago, from issues around the state of the economy. Other issues played into it: the
