Conference Live Blogging

David Wilcox and I walked down the Embankment last summer and talked about his idea for social reporting.  This spring it has gathered some momentum and today he and Dave Briggs are at the Digital Inclusion Conference at the Brewery in London. They have created a site to provide some Read more…

Ploddledygook

Ploddledygook:  when the police try to be overly corporate. My favourite was from Lincolnshire Police: "The ambition of Lincolnshire Police is to: focus on the citizen, achieve the highest standards of professionalism, deliver excellent performance and so inspire confidence amongst the people we serve." "Could they have an ambition to Read more…

Web search promotes suicide?

The British Medical Journal has published (behind a payment firewall) a report saying that suicide is promoted on the web.  There are the usual calls for Internet Service Providers to "pursue strategies that would maximise the likelihood that sites aimed at preventing suicide are sourced first." Paul Canning has written Read more…

The Sharing President (ial Candidate)

The Obama08 campaign doesn’t stop amazing me.  Today Michelle Obama emailed me to show me a video (shared via YouTube of course) from The Bronx High School for Performance and Stagecraft in a tough part of the Bronx (are there wimpy parts of the Bronx??). The video is incredibly natural.  Read more…

“ICELE – What is it for?”

Professor Stephen Coleman is getting into his blogging. Yesterday he questioned the role of ICELE and the comments section has hotted up awaiting the arrival of someone to represent ICELE. Professor Coleman feels that ICELE has produced very little (and the little they have produced seems to be quite well Read more…

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