As a parent of two young boys who love computer games, the Wii, minecraft (pocket edition and full PC version), lego, swimming and generally most outdoors things. Also as a School Governor at a Primary school I was really interested to stumble upon the website for code club and instantly thought it was such anRead… Read more »
This post is really a little moan – so feel free to ignore….As many of you will know I love gadgets and new technologies, it is after all what I speak to people about most of the time and how they can help change or transform services. It really does fascinate me. But sometimes andRead… Read more »
A relatively short post for me…. I’ve been having a range of conversations lately and some if not most of them include an odd reference to the public sector budget deficit and how the public sector should be doing more things like the private sector. Now I’ve tolerated those statements for a while because IRead… Read more »
Continuing the development of my thinking around the Framework for Digital Local Public Services and following quickly on from my previous posts on Connectivity and Education. This post focuses on Hardware and Software and some of the opportunities to think differently around this area. The framework outlines the following: Hardware : every citizen requires theRead… Read more »
Continuing the development of my thinking around the Framework for Digital Local Public Services I wanted to share some really basic thoughts around how the connectivity challenge can and perhaps should be approached. This isn’t really a post about what is happening in Devon either, but i’ll naturally use examples locally to help illustrate theRead… Read more »
It isn’t news that the LGA are considering closing the Knowledge Hub and the consultation comes to a close this week, so I urge people who haven’t yet responded to do so ASAP – All replies need to be sent to [email protected] – or post your thoughts and comments on the Public Knowledge Hub group.Read… Read more »
On the back of the Guardian article today, I thought iId share this slightly longer explanation and summary around Create / Innovate. June is a month for breaking down barriers – First and foremost Create and Innovate is about thinking differently it will be about experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection. One of the reasonsRead… Read more »
Flickr – Photo by Paul Clarke – http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_clarke/ In the first week of June, I’ll be attending XJamGov, a global service jam event which will be hosted at County Hall in Exeter and organised by the awesome Simon Gough and Phillippa Rose of Redfront Service Design. There are still tickets left so do check outRead… Read more »
I’m planning on looking at and reflecting on the principles I previously suggested here and writing a blog post for each one using my own personal circumstances and requirements to help me understand what applying the principles would mean in practice. My previous post “the ‘right’ environment” essentially looked at the principle “Enabling communities andRead… Read more »
Some interesting conversation on twitter last night and today about the so-called “ban” on @topshampolice twitter account. Thank you for all your support. I was told to close the account and cease tweeting. It upset me very much and is still being discussed RT 🙁 — Sarah Giles (@TopshamPolice) October 02, 2012 The BBC haveRead… Read more »