Monthly Archives: October 2011

What you really need to know about the internet

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dave

Lovely interview with John Naughton about the themes of his upcoming book. Worth getting everyone you know to watch this!

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Shelter Housing Database

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dave

Another useful open data visualisation resource, this time from Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. The Shelter Housing Database“brings together government data on housing need, supply, affordability and other issues at a local, regional and national level”, allowing you to produce graphs … Continue reading →

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Birmingham Civic Dashboard

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Dave

The Birmingham Civic Dashboard is a neat project from the City Council that reports the requests made for services from the organisation and visualises them in interesting ways, such as by plotting them on a map. It was funded by … Continue reading →

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Houses and clouds

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Dave

The Government Digital Service blog is essential reading. Two recent posts well worth a look: What is that beautiful house? The phrase “not a CMS” has become a bit of a joke around the GovUK office (to the point where … Continue reading →

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