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Posts Tagged ‘blogs’

So how generous is Ordnance Survey OpenData?

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At the beginning of this month (apologies, we’re a bit late) the Government announced that much of the mapping data held by the Ordnance Survey would be released free to the public.

April 20th, 2010 | by Andrew Brightwell | Posted inBirmingham,Data,Mashups|1 Comment

How we set up a hyperlocal blog in a cafe and made it all about fun

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Recently I got involved in a new blog for the centre of Birmingham called Grounds that has a couple of cool things about it. Firstly, it’s based in a cafe – Urban Coffee Company in Birmingham. Secondly, anyone can join in. That’s probably the best bit about it – because anyone can send a post [...]

February 23rd, 2010 | by Andrew Brightwell | Posted inBirmingham,Collaboration,Social Media|0 Comments

Glum councillors and potholes.

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Pete Ashton has started Richard McKeever on something utterly brilliant. A blog dedicated to: doggedly collate images of councillors looking glum whilst pointing at holes in the road, wearing hard hats or presenting oversized cheques. Lets celebrate the work of our local elected representatives! Tweet suggestions to @glumcouncillors It uses a very simple free service [...]

August 27th, 2009 | by Nick Booth | Posted inLocal democracy,Social Media|0 Comments

Blogging Acocks Green

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It’s often seen that blogging can create quite healthy online communities around shared interests. But in Acocks Green, they’ve taken it one step further and extended their reach to real life. Helped along by the Social Media Surgeries, Acocks Green has now taken charge of their own blogosphere, online as well as offline. Since the [...]

August 4th, 2009 | by Kasper Sorenson | Posted inBirmingham|0 Comments