image from peteashton Jon Bounds – the man behind BiNS, the chap who put this site together and the bloke I worked with (he did it mostly) on upyerbrum, continue his one man online campaign to show the true strength of this fabulous city. He has declared July 20th 2007 Talk Like a Brummie Day. …
Apple, the iPod and networked innovation.
If you’ve been keeping tabs on this blog recently you know that I do love my apple computer and that I’m curious about networks and how networks can accelerate innovation. This weeks cover story for The Economist is “What other companies can learn from Apple.” The magazine sets out four ideas: “The first is that …
Sex, t'internet and Government
Directgov has just published a survey of what we want from the internet. Below are the wish lists according to different categories. Apparently motorists haven’t noticed that you can already renew your tax disc online, parents want to watch their children in class (yeurgh) and nobody mentioned sex! Equally the survey seemed to fail to …
Naked bidders shortlisted by UK Government
Just a quick update. Simon Berry tells me that he and his fellow naked bidders for the government’s Open Innovation Exchange has been shortlisted with interviews coming up. It will be interesting to see how far the Office of the Third Sector wants to encourage such “institutional hacks”. 21 groups applied, 4 shortlisted, good luck!