I’ve been a bit annoyed with the provision of swimming facilities here in Brum for a while. Nick Booth suggested I compare them with those of the other core cities to see how Birmingham rated. So I’ve just had a little go. What I did First I went to each council’s website, found its list …
April’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
After a couple of brilliant and very busy Central Birmingham Social Media Surgeries in February and March we’re looking forward to our next surgery, which is now on April 14th at thestudio, 7 Cannon Street, B2 5EP. It’s the same night as the Birmingham Bloggers’ meetup, but that seemed to work OK last month, so …
Civic Engagement as part of a National Broadband Plan
Chapter 15 of the US Govt’s National Broadband Plan is very well worth a read. There’s plenty in it, it gets specific about what needs to be done to grab some civic engagement benefits from the web and it says some blindingly obvious but important things. It’s main proposals are: Create an open and transparent …
5 reasons why we trust the internet more than we do government.
We trust the internet more than we do government. That seems to be what this survey from The Guardian is telling us. (Yes it is only one survey – so I understand). The image above represent part of the answer to the question “Which of the following institutions do you trust?” – blue means not …