Tag Archives: technology
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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Posted in Social Media, Technology, UKGC14, Unconference, weekly blog club
Tagged 3D Printing, Augmented Reality, Blog, Futurology, Internet of Things, open data, QR code, social media, technology, UKGC14, Unconference, Wearable tech
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Health: Funding to develop digital services
The Department of Health has announced that local NHS organisations could be awarded funding to develop new digital services that improve patient care and can be used to share information more easily across the NHS . The information sharing challenge … Continue reading
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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, analytics, Blog, Facebook, geographic, reporting, social media, statistics, technology, usage, users
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Blogpost: Estimating Social Media usage within a geographic area
This post has been re-blogged from Mark Braggins’ personal blog. Any views expressed are purely personal and do not represent that of any organisation. I’m an enthusiastic supporter of the adage “go where the people go” if you want to connect with … Continue reading
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Posted in Research, Social media, Technology
Tagged Facebook, social media, technology
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Reflections on events
Over the last year or so I’ve attended a bunch of ‘unconference‘ events. In this post I thought I’d take a look back at some of them. All events have something worth sharing, and most I’ve attended have had shed-loads; I’ve therefore … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Tagged Bambuser, Blog, Remote attendee, social media, technology, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
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Isle Lights
This is the fourth in a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. Previous posts: Covered my visit from a personal perspective Talked about Northern BlueLightCamp; and A mini-post with an interactive Puffin-shaped word cloud This post covers … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Technology, Travel
Tagged Blog, collaboration, IslandGovCamp, Orkney, social media, technology, Twitter
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Puffin Island (IslandGovCamp)
There was barely a cloud in the sky during the whole of IslandGovCamp. Gorgeous weather prevailed throughout. In the absence of real clouds, I decided to make one instead and make it colourful and interactive. Most of the words are clickable … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Tagged Blog, IslandGovCamp, Orkney, social media, Tag cloud, technology, Twitter, Unconference, visualisation, word cloud
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Northern (Blue) Lights
This is the second is a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. In the first part I talked a bit about my personal experience travelling around mainland Orkney, both on my own, and as as part of … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Technology
Tagged Blog, Facebook, IslandGov Camp, Orkney, Police, social media, technology, Twitter
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BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1)
First thing in the morning on Sunday 15th April there was barely a cloud in the sky above Manchester. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and I was off camping. It was a few miles walk to the camp … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Social Media, Technology
Tagged Blog, BlueLight Camp, Local Government, Police, technology, tools, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
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Keep taking the tablets
Ok, I admit it, I bought an iPad. It’s a third generation, or “new iPad”, as Apple insist on referring to it. I was one of the many thousands world-wide who bought the latest shiny thing, the first day it … Continue reading
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Posted in iPad, Social Media, Technology
Tagged Blog, Evernote, gadgets, ipad, mobile working, paperless office, Tablet, technology, Twitter
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