Category Archives: Hampshire
Using Data as a policy maker – Pt1
This is the first in a series of posts about an event: Using Data as a policy maker, which was held in Winchester, in November 2015. This post first appeared on the Open Data Aha! blog. Using data for policy … Continue reading
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Posted in Data, Environment, Evidence, Farming, Hampshire, Hampshire Hub, Local Infrastructure, Maps, Open Data, Transparency and Decision Making
Tagged #ODPolicy, Australia, Bendigo, Climate Change, data, decision-making, drought, Hampshire hub, open data, Open Data Aha!, Open data policy, policy maker, policy making, Smart Cities, Southern Policy Centre (SPC), Transparency and decision-making, Water, water shortage
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Leaving on a high
This post was originally published on the Hampshire Hub on 30th March 2015. Deep breath I’m leaving Hampshire County Council, and am stepping down as lead for the Hampshire Hub. There, I’ve said it. Looking back I wrote my first … Continue reading
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Ghost writing, hubs, and autoawesome
I’ve been blogging off-and-on for a few years. My first post, in December 2011, was on WordPress.com. I then briefly tried Tumblr, before settling on this self-hosted WordPress site. It gave me the flexibility I wanted, and tied in quite … Continue reading
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Posted in blogging, BluelightCamp, Hampshire, weekly blog club
Tagged autoawesome, Blogging, Ghost, Google Plus, Hampshire hub, photos
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Images of Historic Hampshire – thanks to the British Library
I’ve just discovered* that the British Library has uploaded over a million images to Flickr Commons. Yes, that’s right – more than a million – completely free to use as there’s no known copyright. The British Library plans to launch a crowd-sourcing … Continue reading
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Posted in Hampshire, History, Open Data, weekly blog club
Tagged British Library, Flickr, images, Matt Buck, photos, tobiasgrubbe
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Open data, apps and maps
This post was originally published on the prototype Hampshire Hub web site. Open Data A few weeks ago I blogged about Hampshire’s Rights of Way network, which has been published as an interactive map, and as open data. The data … Continue reading
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Posted in Hampshire, Linked Data, Open Data
Tagged Hampshire hub, Linked Data, open data, Ordnance Survey, web maps
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Facebook usage: a local perspective
Continued from last time… In my previous post, I explained that I’m trying to gather data on the number of social media users within a geographic area. I’m basically attempting to answer the question: “what is the actual take-up of … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, Hampshire, Social Media, weekly blog club
Tagged age group, analysis, Facebook, geographic, social media, statistics, technology, usage, users
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Estimating Social Media usage within a geographic area
I’m an enthusiastic supporter of the adage “go where the people go” if you want to connect with customers and service users. I believe it applies equally – if not more – in the virtual world, than the physical world. I don’t … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, Hampshire, Social Media, Technology, weekly blog club
Tagged analysis, Facebook, geographic, social media, statistics, users
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I know I’m biased, but…
I live and work in Hampshire. I’m biased. But I still think this is really nice.
