Monthly Archives: July 2010

Filling the opendata gaps

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Dave

Hadley Beeman has posted about a great little project idea: …there’s a gap between the government opendata vision and the reality. The datasets are often released full of unintelligible codes, information that the developers outside government (building apps and visualisations) … Continue reading →

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Free webinar on social care training and e-learning

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Dave

A short commercial break, if you’ll excuse me. Learning Pool are rather proud of our new social care e-learning offering, and if you, or a colleague, would like to know more, we’re running a free webinar. All the details are … Continue reading →

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Shane McCracken on Big Society

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Dave

Shane McCracken is a good guy, and when he blogs about something it is worth paying attention. Here’s his view on the Big Society. That is what Big Society is to me. Local people taking control of their local facilities … Continue reading →

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ScotGovCamp coming real soon

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Dave

The latest GovCamp is happening at the end of this month, on 31st July in Edinburgh, and it’s naturally called ScotGovCamp. Learning Pool are delighted to be sponsoring the event. These events are always good value, and it will be … Continue reading →

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Big society: app stores and hyperlocal democracy

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Dave

David Wilcox has been doing a great job documenting the discussions around the Big Society agenda, which according to the website, is an organisation being set up by frustrated citizens for frustrated citizens, to help everyone achieve change in their … Continue reading →

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