Category Archives: Technology
Revisiting ‘free’ Twitter reporting and analysis tools in 2016
In January 2012 I wrote Ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. Lots of people commented and suggested their own favourites, so a couple of months later I wrote a follow-up, imaginatively entitled Ten (more) of my favourite reporting and … Continue reading
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Posted in Social Media, Technology, Twitter
Tagged Crowdfire, Hashtagify, Sentiment 140, social media, technology, tools, Trendsmap, Twazzup, Tweet Archivist, TweetReach, Twitter
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Pez Machines delivering self-driving cars, and other musings
This is the third instalment in a series of posts about transport in the future. The previous ones are: What does the future hold? [Transport] Thinking aloud: Back to the Future [of Transport] I have no idea how many I’ll write on this … Continue reading
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Posted in Technology, Transport, travel
Tagged Future Transport, Futurology, self-driving cars, transport, travel
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What does the future hold? [Transport]
John Murray shared an interesting article this morning Aggressive drivers are going to bully self-driving cars https://t.co/PQelE0nvAV via @sai — John Murray (@MurrayData) October 23, 2016 The gist of the article is that – whilst autonomous vehicles can be instructed to take … Continue reading
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Posted in Technology, Transport, travel, weekly blog club
Tagged Futurology, public transport, self-driving cars, transport, travel
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Drones – opportunity or threat?
Once the purview of the military and spies, ‘unmanned aerial vehicles’ (‘Drones’), are increasingly common. Just hot air? A few months ago the giant online retailer Amazon announced its intention to deliver packages within 30 minutes of customers placing an … Continue reading
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Posted in blogging, BluelightCamp, Technology, Unconference
Tagged aerial, BlueLightCamp, drone
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Social Media flooding map
ESRI UK – the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) specialist – has produced a Social Media Flooding Map. This interactive map shows geolocated posts which have been shared on several social networks – Twitter, You Tube and Flickr. Users are able … Continue reading
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Posted in Data, Data Visualisation, Environment, Flood, Maps, Partnership Working, Social media, Technology
Tagged ESRI UK, Flood, flooding, Maps, social media, Web Mapping
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Futurology at UKGC14?
UKGC14 I’m writing this just a few days before UKGovCamp 2014, which is on Saturday 25th January 2014. If you’re going and haven’t already read UKGovcamp14: be prepared, do take a look, as it’s the practical info for attendees (including ARRIVE EARLY…BRING COFFEE). Futurology I’ve … Continue reading
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Knowledge Hub: Good CoP or Bad CoP?
Knowledge Hub This is a hastily written post about Knowledge Hub (KH), which replaced the popular Communities of Practice (CoP) site for people who work in and around UK local government. According to the Local Government Association (LGA), Knowledge Hub is … Continue reading
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Posted in LocalGov, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, weekly blog club
Tagged closing down, collaboration, knowledge Hub, LGA, social media
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BlueLight Camp: Post of posts
This post was originally published on the BlueLightCamp web site. Planning for BlueLight Camp 2013 is well under way, and more information will be published about the event on the BlueLightCamp site shortly. In the meantime, I thought it worth highlighting some … Continue reading
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Posted in Collaboration, Data, Education, Events, Innovation, Open Data, Open Source, Partnership Working, Research, Social media, Technology
Tagged BlueLightCamp, emergency services, Event, fire, Police, Unconference
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Blue Light Camp: Coming in from the cold
It’s been a bit quiet on the BlueLightCamp blog recently. Apart from Sasha’s post last week, nothing since November. But that doesn’t mean no activity – on the contrary. Hartley Wintney fire brigade members on board their fire engine in … Continue reading
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Posted in BluelightCamp, Events, LocalGov, Open Data, Social Media, Technology, Unconference, weekly blog club
Tagged social media, Unconference
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Getting the measure of social media
Must we measure? In November, Emer Coleman asked: Social media – Must we measure? In a fascinating post, Emer discusses how tricky it is to present the benefits of social media in traditional business cases. Emer argues that: Making a business case … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, LocalGov, Open Data, Social Media, Technology, UKGC13, Unconference, weekly blog club
Tagged Facebook, measurement, open data, social media, Twitter
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