October 2009
6 posts
A good way to start building a data store for...
For a while yesterday morning I was fortunate to be involved in a meeting in the GLA’s lovely top floor room before I needed/wanted to leave for #inlawcamp. Firstly, congratulations to Emer Coleman and others for this inclusive beginning. Being invited into an organisation’s home for the start of something suggests of a good and open relationship to come. The presence on a Saturday of...
Ladies and gentlemen, we are fixed in space.
The UK government’s linked data initiative is ambitious, audacious and could do more for building Britain’s Future than Universal Access or any of the other suggestions from the Digital Britain Report.
The sort of data driven economy you could develop from it, with dual fiscal streams of budgetary savings through more efficient utility derived from people “Getting Excited and...
Everything that flows will find it's natural path,...
My maternal grandfather was a huge influence on me. I adored him and I learnt so much from him. He was an architect and I remember him talking at length on the subject of things that flow: of “Water having a route that it would take, no matter how you tried to divert it. It would always find a way, a natural path”. These words have stuck in my head for years. It’s been over 20...
Walking, Thinking, Talking, Locating, Sharing,...
“Let me tell you a bit about my holiday…”
Those were the words I used to start my description of Four Walks to the crowd at NFPTweetup the other day. It was the first time I’d talked to strangers about my holiday/lifestreaming thing (apart from to some of the lovely people from Child’s I who were in the audience). It was really the only truthful way to start the...
Thinking about the Work/Life/Play/Be balance
For the past year or so I’ve been exploring balances in life. Everyone talks about balancing Work and Life and I’ve obviously been working on that since being a father. I felt though that I was being a bit too boxy about this. I can’t describe it better than that, but it seemed like if I wasn’t working, I’d be concentrating on family. There also seemed to be other...
Hello blog, there you are...
So I’m sitting on a bright yellow bean bag at FOWA wondering quite why I haven’t seen the Tumblr interface since June. It’s not that I dislike Tumblr, far from it. It’s just a question of time. Last few months have been manic, so here’s a recap.
Firstly there was the week of three events, Activate, 2morro festival and Reboot Britain with some heavy involvement in all...