local government

Emer Coleman: the challenges of managing open data projects 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/

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Adam Tinworth
change management

Tom Steinberg: how to open the data people actually want 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

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Adam Tinworth
freedom of information

Jonathan Carr-West on open data as our new fields of exchange 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

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linked data

Leigh Dodds on rebuilding cities after the data fire 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]

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Adam Tinworth
data hubs

Brighton and Hove: becoming an open data, collaborative city 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,

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cities

Open Public Data could make our cities better 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

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Adam Tinworth
Brighton

Le Web: How is social-mobile-local changing media? 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,

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Adam Tinworth
aggregation

#likeminds - Steve Moore is building the Big Society Members Public

![Steve Moore](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com//IMG_4964 - Version 2.jpg "IMG_4964 - Version 2.jpg") 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

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community