Category Archives: weekly blog club

What does the future hold? [Transport]

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Mark Braggins

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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Thoughts about Talk About Local #TAL16

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Mark Braggins

Last Saturday I left the house in the dark, and caught the first available bus. It had to be something good to get me out of bed that early in the morning at a weekend. It was… Guess where I am today? #TAL16 … Continue reading →

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Hampshire Hub taking shape

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Mark Braggins

We’ve been working hard for the last few months to get the new Hampshire Hub data platform into shape. There are three main strands of work at present: adding new features to Swirrl’s PublishMyData platform preparing an initial collection of … Continue reading →

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Ghost writing, hubs, and autoawesome

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Mark Braggins

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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Futurology at UKGC14?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Mark Braggins

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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UKGovCamp – Looking Forward not Back

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Mark Braggins

Hurray! It’s nearly time for UKGovCamp – the awesome unconference where people from across UK public services give up a day of their own time to share, challenge, innovate, network, and socialise. #UKGC14 This year’s event is on Saturday 25th January, … Continue reading →

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Images of Historic Hampshire – thanks to the British Library

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Mark Braggins

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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Knowledge Hub: Good CoP or Bad CoP?

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Mark Braggins

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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HOW TO GET AHEAD IN GOVCAMPING

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mark Braggins

This isn’t a ‘how-to’ blog post at all. I just wanted to use the title. UKGovCamp13: A Fab event Steph and Dave did their usual marvellous job, making UKGovCamp appear effortless, with it passing off without a hitch (well, second … Continue reading →

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Blue Light Camp: Coming in from the cold

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mark Braggins

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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