Things that mention Harry Metcalfe's stuff urn:uuid:2a673254-56ed-13d8-f3f7-bbba560a1fb2 2010-03-11T13:39:55+00:00 HarryMetcalfe.com G2010 April 22nd Agenda Now Live :: Government 2010 Conference and <b>...</b> urn:uuid:202a59c6-8fa9-73ff-b759-803a3877726f 2010-03-11T13:39:55+00:00 Dextrous Web:

So William Heath will be chairing an afternoon session that discusses what's next after open data and we'll also have a series of presentations focused on open source software – with speakers from Learning Pool, Dextrous Web, ...]]> RT @smithsam has anyone sniffed the protocol for the job centre plus iphone app yet? :) #jobcentreproplus http://is.gd/a8Uej urn:uuid:fe23d159-9469-8550-97ea-304ac089b59c 2010-03-10T18:00:08+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

RT @smithsam has anyone sniffed the protocol for the job centre plus iphone app yet? :) #jobcentreproplus http://is.gd/a8Uej]]> has anyone sniffed the protocol for the job centre plus iphone app yet? :) #jobcentreproplus http://is.gd/a8Uej urn:uuid:47d5f477-e7f9-6880-746b-ad6ef5608931 2010-03-10T17:59:35+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

has anyone sniffed the protocol for the job centre plus iphone app yet? :) #jobcentreproplus http://is.gd/a8Uej]]> Melting down the crown jewels - Information World Review urn:uuid:b52cb51c-8293-f144-2f8e-c0d944fb14c2 2010-03-08T14:12:00+00:00 ErnestMarples:


Melting down the crown jewels
Information World Review
The row about licensing of postcode data blew up because Royal Mail sent a cease and desist letter to the maverick community web developer Ernest Marples. ...

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RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> links for 2010-03-06 urn:uuid:4da3f410-f745-6abd-1db6-6f1e0310a26e 2010-03-06T13:00:52+00:00 Dextrous Web, JobcentreProPlus:

Sessions: Gov 2.0 Expo 2010 - May 25 - 27, 2010, Washington, DC. Great line up. (tags: gov20expo gov2events gov20 government technology oreilly us dc washington hks20). List of City-wide Data sites | GovLoop | Social Data Network for ...]]> RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant! urn:uuid:5e70c1a0-68e8-e28d-baf4-0c3c7841f21a 2010-03-05T16:55:16+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant! urn:uuid:e072a20b-9005-b953-8196-89cfc438226b 2010-03-05T16:45:11+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant! urn:uuid:62f26570-e92c-67d3-6847-59ebbf1ce4c7 2010-03-05T16:39:07+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant! urn:uuid:0d0fcbd8-889f-bdb7-4d6a-83c8eb9c16e4 2010-03-05T16:08:22+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @londondatastore: look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> take a look at what the clever people in dextrous web have done with londondatastore stuff http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com urn:uuid:4ed5ec41-6811-1877-c93c-b43a92fecb42 2010-03-05T16:01:40+00:00 Dextrous Web:

take a look at what the clever people in dextrous web have done with londondatastore stuff http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com]]> look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant! urn:uuid:b1e46fd0-87d2-04ad-e44b-a642b6c633a0 2010-03-05T15:51:57+00:00 Dextrous Web:

look what the very clever people in dextrous web have build with London Datasore data http://buy.labs.thedextrousweb.com simply brilliant!]]> RT @lesteph: RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, on the future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice &lt; simple, clever, nice urn:uuid:ecc13d69-2be3-ea3d-54b6-0f9ad418d1a9 2010-03-04T11:30:09+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @lesteph: RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, on the future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice < simple, clever, nice]]> RT @lesteph RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice &lt; simple, clever, nice urn:uuid:5273e4e7-1f57-0132-f7b6-91017ba86228 2010-03-04T11:13:43+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @lesteph RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice < simple, clever, nice]]> RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, on the future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice &lt; simple, clever, nice urn:uuid:5d5d49ec-325e-18ab-16a0-03d438a0ce71 2010-03-04T11:03:20+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RT @dextrousweb Our latest consultation site, on the future of GP Catchment areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/gpchoice < simple, clever, nice]]> Rewired State&#39;s massive March urn:uuid:5b0386d2-0f69-2cc0-ca61-aa57b7ee33c3 2010-02-20T20:37:35+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Those of you who know me, or follow me on twitter (@hubmum), can't have failed to notice that we (Rewired State) are putting on quite a few events in March. Also, the more eagle-eyed will have noticed that we have also turned ourselves ...]]> Pol urn:uuid:b4133292-81b9-9125-c8dc-2b2c71c64c8c 2010-02-09T16:00:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

http://twitter.com/govconsultation http://twitter.com/CommunitiesUK http://twitter.com/DIUS_Science http://twitter.com/foreignoffice Otros políticos de USA: http://twitter.com/ClintonNews http://twitter.com/george_w_bush ...]]> urn:uuid:f618270b-dfb7-5507-4b4e-f384bb72399f 2010-02-09T07:11:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

Nevertheless, scenic or not, as a mid-westerner (someone who was 19 before I saw the ocean with my own eyes) I still think it's cool to have the ocean within walking distance from my apartment. Finally I made my way back towards my ...]]> FREE the PostZon (UK Postcode Data) urn:uuid:0180e0c9-7416-1d17-8087-e27427d707d2 2010-02-01T19:39:00+00:00 ErnestMarples:

From the Free Our Data Blog: A new No.10 petition: FREE the PostZon and help innovate the UK Geo-spatial industry (We are in 21st Century now aren't we?) Mark Goodge added this as a comment to the data.gov.uk post, but it seems worth ...]]> Data.gov.uk urn:uuid:939d763c-5230-2aba-579a-ed02c727f266 2010-02-01T07:21:00+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Last week the government announced the launch of Data.gov.uk, a public directory of various bits 'n' pieces of government-obtained data. The aim is that people use the information to create applicaitons which can be used elsewhere. ...]]> ThailandStories.com - The Dogs of Sangklaburi - Travel Stories urn:uuid:9cfdbcde-a1c7-2006-b5aa-a1d2df38aec1 2010-01-29T02:51:18+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

One of the officers was kind enough to inform me that the immigration office in the town I had left could grant a visa extension of fifteen days, meaning that I had made a wasted trip, scenic or not. It was at least another five hours ...]]> Locate that postcode urn:uuid:c3ff3dfc-6832-fe90-68e2-bad34e118eaa 2010-01-28T18:43:05+00:00 ErnestMarples:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/geopostcode/. Many of you will probably remember the news story a while ago about the forced closure of ernestmarples.com, a website which provided a free postcode geolocation API that was, in turn, ...]]> FSA begins corporate governance consultation urn:uuid:a7efaa45-3f9f-b456-462d-d9f604268e72 2010-01-28T16:03:30+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

Possibly related posts: (automatically generated). FSA appoints specialist corporate governance team · Post-Recession Expectations · Gluten Free Food Labeling ~ FSA Consultation · UKPGA responds to Charity Commission consultation on Key ...]]> links for 2010-01-27 urn:uuid:cf1ef7ac-7770-687e-db68-4b77c85ac43c 2010-01-27T13:00:49+00:00 ErnestMarples:

UKGovCamp 2010 / we are social. (tags: wearesocial govweb barcamp ukgc10 events uk gov20 government). Rich-country recessions: Not much of a party | The Economist. via @albertonardelli. (tags: recession economy countries visualization) ...]]> Consultation on making Ordnance Survey mapping data freely available urn:uuid:a060461b-c3b1-4a69-7cb5-0395112249a1 2010-01-27T10:27:28+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Ian Austin, Regional Minister for the West Midlands and Communities Minister, outlined proposals at the end of December 2009 on how to make Ordnance Survey mapping data freely available, so that the data can be re-used in innovative ...]]> Respond to the Ordnance Survey postcode consultation urn:uuid:44e3d38c-9c03-83b2-3bcd-f5b026008671 2010-01-26T19:01:22+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Just a quick post to remind everyone that the Ordnance Survey consultation on making postcode and mapping data available for free reuse is going on right now. Number 10 don't seem to have noticed, but we have — and it's so important ...]]> Freelance Writing Jobs NEWS urn:uuid:1a831cb2-8fbb-332d-0ba5-cd9db9795fbf 2010-01-26T15:11:24+00:00 ConsultationXML:

Technical Writing & Illustration, Publishing (DTP), Localization (Translation), Technical communication consultation, XML-based documentation solution development, Document engineering ♦ Website [HIDDEN] (multi-language service not ...]]> That was the ukgc10 that was urn:uuid:d2fc26ed-e61f-25dd-796b-e521f73095a7 2010-01-24T12:03:31+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Flickr photo credit: Paul Clarke. Blimey. The third annual unconference, or GovCamp, for government types went pretty well. Two main factors, marvellous and generous hosting by Google, and a terrific level of participation from pretty ...]]> Another nut to crack urn:uuid:35730a68-e766-90ee-4983-e862db26116e 2010-01-22T17:32:00+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Just as everyone has been getting excited/delirious/innovative over the launch of data.gov.uk (and of course they should be chuffed) a little spanner appears in the metaphorical works. Over 2000 people signed this petition to No 10 ...]]> The right and left hands of open government data in the UK urn:uuid:414516e1-cbdd-ded5-8ec1-f3fc5fe83c81 2010-01-22T15:27:47+00:00 ErnestMarples:

As I'm sure everyone knows by now, the UK Government's data.gov.uk site was formally launched yesterday to a significant fanfare on Twitter and elsewhere. There's not much I can add other than to note that I think this initiative is a ...]]> Open data? urn:uuid:79fb74d9-8d97-3243-2a20-60d140d45785 2010-01-22T14:54:39+00:00 ErnestMarples:

While the UK has embraced open data over the past couple of weeks, don't bank on postcodes being free for app developers to use any time soon. After first London and then the UK government freed up a wide array of data, you might think ...]]> The Ernest Marples Blog urn:uuid:2c68b150-e22a-2466-43f6-9d009969039a 2010-01-22T14:23:34+00:00 ErnestMarples:

The Ernest Marples Blog › Postcode Petition Response — Our Reply.]]> The <b>Ernest Marples</b> Blog urn:uuid:1892ccd2-a333-e1ac-40de-1d155fba49d9 2010-01-22T14:00:10+00:00 ErnestMarples:

“Royal Mail today sent a 'cease and desist' letter to Ernest Marples Ltd, the organisation providing a post code API allowing social projects to use post code searches. Because of this, many useful websites are no longer functioning, ...]]> data.gov.uk urn:uuid:e10c004b-63c6-5ac0-7dec-e643ea9c78e9 2010-01-21T07:58:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

I'm often rather cynical about Government websites, they tend to cost extortionately high amounts of money with little return value - the Department of Communities and Local Government is a case in point, where they spent thousands of ...]]> Hokum on the Range | unEARTHED, the Earthjustice blog urn:uuid:744e24d3-12ea-d456-4b56-c1cb456f8bdc 2010-01-20T17:22:48+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

Second, I believe the scenery argument misses the point because whether the Piceance Basin is "scenic" or not—and one man's scenery may be another man's industrial sacrifice zone—the Piceance has important values that oil shale ...]]> Adding RDFa to a consultation urn:uuid:5b0099ab-1ff0-683c-27e8-b71eb8349ceb 2010-01-19T08:00:43+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

Recently, I've been involved in a project to ensure our consultations support RDFa markup, to make them indexable and reusable by third parties, including Directgov. Without duplicating the quite accessible and useful COI guidance, ...]]> Can open data win votes? urn:uuid:c9511dd6-f291-75a3-ebf1-661c0805aab7 2010-01-18T21:29:47+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Some politicians seems to think so. Especially in Britain right now. Remember, there is a general election in the UK in June. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Labour) called for smarter government back in December when he presented ...]]> Some facts about UK postcodes urn:uuid:9727dd86-867b-4df8-8aa9-e2d54ee47e91 2009-12-23T22:56:04+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Recent BBC news coverage stated that UK postcode data will be made freely available under an open licence from April 2010. Colleagues at EDINA pointed out that some of the coverage assumes that the open data will be the same as that ...]]> Way To Go, <b>Ernest Marples</b>! UK to Free Postal Code Database urn:uuid:22073be5-fd19-d879-346a-82552f72a6d7 2009-12-11T08:36:10+00:00 Harry Metcalfe, ErnestMarples:

For more background on Ernest Marples, watch the video interview with Metcalfe (embedded below). It was recorded before the latest news about the postal code being freed, but provides a great overview of the effort. ...]]> Mozilla high-up tells Firefox users to stop using Google and <b>...</b> urn:uuid:1b494a11-3477-2f27-2b1a-ec2a88a1688e 2009-12-11T06:34:25+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

harrym (Harry Metcalfe) harrym: Mozilla high-up tells Firefox users to stop using Google and switch to Bing http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/11/dotzler_on_schmidtt/ (Eric Schmidt: you are precisely wrong)]]> The <b>Ernest Marples</b> Blog urn:uuid:3293cc5c-5666-4680-39f6-0aa53a286cbd 2009-12-10T16:02:50+00:00 Harry Metcalfe, ErnestMarples:

Tweets that mention The Ernest Marples Blog › Ordnance Survey to release postcode data? -- Topsy.com on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 4:07 pm. [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Stuart Harrison, Harry Metcalfe. ...]]> &#39;Openness Is Fuel For New Economies&#39; urn:uuid:1068cef5-e16c-18dc-c5aa-80f7d202e0fa 2009-11-26T12:11:57+00:00 Dextrous Web:

RecycleMotorOil I really liked Matt McAlister's take on the nuances in development of the semantic web, open data and Sir Tim Berner-Lee's new mission: "The semantic web folks, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, have been saying for years ...]]> Socially linked data urn:uuid:42ab8b1f-5b8b-52c1-3b8a-47070ff92ecf 2009-11-25T12:59:04+00:00 Dextrous Web:

The semantic web folks, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, have been saying for years that the Internet could become significantly more compelling by cooking more intelligence into the way things link around the network. ...]]> Lynne Featherstone MP: Lib Dems support the Free Our Data campaign <b>...</b> urn:uuid:73741de1-30da-df4d-e53e-2038ffe4c33c 2009-11-24T15:11:07+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Free Our Data is a campaign for free public access to data about the UK and its citizens. Most recently the issue has come to the fore when the Royal Mail threatened to sue the ernestmarples.com website, which provides used to provide a ...]]> Plotting a Course for Data.gov urn:uuid:13950a79-1d34-0f97-57d3-c7743dca1bc8 2009-11-18T16:43:27+00:00 Dextrous Web:

(cross-posted on the Haystack blog). The US Government efforts to create a culture of open government data is a big deal. Hopefully it signals a shift from the “pull” model of FOIA to a “push” mindset in which data is proactively ...]]> Plotting a Course for Data.gov urn:uuid:20aea9e7-2ac7-d027-1d2b-aa51ec706eda 2009-11-18T16:15:59+00:00 Dextrous Web:

The US Government efforts to create a culture of open government data is a big deal. Hopefully it signals a shift from the “pull” model of FOIA to a “push” mindset in which data is proactively returned to the public without first having ...]]> The <b>Ernest Marples</b> Blog urn:uuid:8aead7bd-4f06-1a4c-8849-ad8741da6d92 2009-11-18T10:34:58+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Tweets that mention The Ernest Marples Blog › Curiouser and curiouser -- Topsy.com on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:16 am. [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Andrew Mackenzie, Harry Metcalfe. Harry Metcalfe said: Legal ...]]> October&#39;s Lightening Talks urn:uuid:300c2565-3cec-07c2-08fc-a2e478056612 2009-11-09T13:53:28+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Whatever the morality, this is having an affect on sites such as Jobcentre ProPlus and The Straight Choice. Jeff encourages the group to sign a petition to the Prime Minister to make this data free to not-for-profit organisations. ...]]> Free Earnest Marples! urn:uuid:3cccd83e-81f4-7d1e-baee-02587886bc5d 2009-11-07T21:20:51+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

The Royal Mail have taken legal action against a non profit service, little known outside 'techy' circles called Earnest Marples, shutting it down. You're probably wondering what Earnest Marples is, and why it matters. ...]]> Oxford Geek Night 15: RDF, SEO, data.gov.uk and... Drupal urn:uuid:2259e39b-07c6-3247-f721-8fc95903c92a 2009-11-06T21:46:26+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Date: Wed, 25/11/2009 - 19:30 - 22:00. The Oxford Geek Nights are regular (two-monthly) social evenings, which offer a chance for web developers and designers in Oxfordshire to get together, share their skills and talk about new ideas, ...]]> <b>Ernest Marples</b> urn:uuid:b8d2894f-0733-c931-a6b5-100418587dc3 2009-11-06T13:34:18+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Interestingly, and perhaps an indictment of the disintegration of the true meaning of public service, a relative of Ernest Marples himself (the Postmaster General who introduced the postcode), supports their endeavor. ...]]> links for 2009-10-31 urn:uuid:553cfd91-1ceb-dae7-f155-f03b6cd532b5 2009-10-31T17:01:46+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Our G2010 panel: Digital Engagement is Everyone's Job - Archive - The Dextrous Web. (tags: participation consultation government egov). Press Releases - Jive Software. (tags: jive enterprise software socialbusiness adoption) ...]]> Postcodes for the public good, not for profit urn:uuid:cd1313f9-8363-57e3-dbac-5da67e8f3cae 2009-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

At the beginning of October, ErnestMarples.com, the free postcode lookup web service that powered websites such as PlanningAlerts.com and JobCentre ProPlus (which was developed at the Guardian Hack Day that I attended earlier this year) ...]]> What I (nearly) said at Government 2010 urn:uuid:269e911d-98c7-5ca5-ee8f-0d5d9788df2a 2009-10-25T13:21:36+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

As trailed, here come the notes of my contribution to the discussion about e-consultation at Government 2010 last Thursday. The session's title was “Digital engagement is everyone's job: formal and informal consultation online” and on ...]]> Cracking the Postcode urn:uuid:1a502dfc-96d4-7031-d4b3-946054e04ad5 2009-10-20T13:43:28+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Postcodes have become the new bugbear of the UK opendata campaigners, its something everything knows and uses as their default spatial reference to home or work. As such, its the reference that is essential to make many location enabled ...]]> Backlash to Royal Mail legal threats urn:uuid:d2ff8478-8cdd-a7ce-f8cb-ba12af4497df 2009-10-14T09:04:56+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Surreptitiously, and with a “not for publication” notice, the Royal Mail last week succeeded in shutting down a swathe of important community online tools. They range from helping you to find jobs like Job Centre Pro Plus to increasing ...]]> urn:uuid:2f6a4755-632c-2c9e-6c62-0309d3157866 2009-10-13T22:01:50+00:00 Dextrous Web:

14:50 RT @octw: 英國版Data.gov也快上線了，台灣ㄌㄟ，台灣ㄌㄟ？ rt @timoreilly RT @dextrousweb: Data.gov.uk has arrived, and we think it's great: bit.ly/IOsrF # 18:12 看： "How... Read and post comments | Send to a friend.]]> Paying for postcodes urn:uuid:ea45b41c-974b-e7ff-e64f-5abe133881fb 2009-10-13T18:56:13+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

David Howarth MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA. Dear David Howarth,. I would like to encourage you to sign Early Day Motion 2000, proposed by Tom Watson: That this House notes with concern the attempts of Royal Mail to restrict ...]]> Another fight for free data urn:uuid:6348c2d4-b272-ee2d-941e-b4d5b6322ca2 2009-10-13T11:18:20+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

It's not just the Guardian that are fighting for 'Free Our Data'. Ernest Marples set up a site offering postcode data for free, sourcing the data from Free The Postcode and utilising them in two key (free) services, PlanningAlerts.com ...]]> Another fight for free data urn:uuid:1864c6eb-4746-13cb-a5e1-8b9c336551dd 2009-10-13T11:09:08+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

It's not just the Guardian that are fighting for 'Free Our Data'. Ernest Marples set up a site offering postcode data for free, sourcing the data from Free The Postcode and utilising them in two key (free) services, PlanningAlerts.com ...]]> Phantom tollbooths urn:uuid:153bd518-633c-d968-2577-80364db281f3 2009-10-09T14:40:25+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

This was supposed to be the week that the future of Google Books became clear or at least started to; instead, the court ordered everyone to go away and come up with a new settlement (registration required). The revised settlement is ...]]> Save <b>Ernest Marples</b> | otrops urn:uuid:6c075aaf-a19a-9c5d-1651-886c5f7898ea 2009-10-08T22:41:02+00:00 JobcentreProPlus, ErnestMarples:

Royal Mail has shut down ErnestMaples.com, which provided a UK postcode API. Since the postcode database was created with public money, it should be made freely available for non-commercial use.]]> Legal threat closes <b>Ernestmarples</b>.com postcode feed / News / News <b>...</b> urn:uuid:6302816f-5de3-441d-f7da-6de0051fdda8 2009-10-08T21:25:00+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Ernestmarples.com announced on the 2 October 2009 that their free UK postcode data feed had been disabled because of legal action by Royal Mail (UK). Ernestmarples.com said it did not have the resources to fight a legal battle so has ...]]> Pezholio urn:uuid:ec491493-24b1-dd38-6e6a-388660cf7599 2009-10-07T16:15:00+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

This site now been shut down due to legal action from the Royal Mail and, as a result, many useful websites that use the data, including jobcentreproplus.com, planningalerts.com and thestraightchoice.com are no longer functional. ...]]> The <b>Ernest Marples</b> Blog urn:uuid:2bb85aa1-004a-92ef-3e6e-2e9241ccac77 2009-10-07T07:39:46+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Harry: the Google Group link goes to a private admin page; probably wants to be http://groups.google.com/group/ernest-marples/subscribe instead. Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:08 am | Permalink. Harry wrote: ...]]> Ernest Marples: An elegy urn:uuid:ced76a14-6d77-c128-292a-4a9d6acf24d8 2009-10-05T20:50:02+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

In a time of high unemployment and higher uncertainty, you gave people a fast and easy way to find vacancies near them through Jobcentre Pro Plus without having to suffer the frustrations and indignities of the Jobcentre “adviser” and ...]]> #DataJourn: Royal Mail cracks down on unofficial postcode database urn:uuid:f9a5aeb5-e8c4-4d56-318c-3af0a9f2c452 2009-10-05T16:16:39+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Marples is otherwise known as Harry Metcalfe and Richard Pope, who – without disclosing their source – opened an API which could power sites such as PlanningAlerts.com and Jobcentre Pro Plus. “We're doing the same as everyone's being ...]]> <b>Ernest Marples</b> Postcodes has been threatened by the Royal Mail urn:uuid:5e0f8156-7b88-cae9-c096-cfce29d750b6 2009-10-05T12:38:11+00:00 ErnestMarples:

On Friday the 2nd October we received correspondence from the Royal Mail demanding that we close this site down (see below). One of the directors of Ernest Marples Postcodes Ltd has also been threatened personally. ...]]> Ernest Marples UK postcode site has been taken down urn:uuid:7bca7e4f-d675-d7a0-54bf-296d7304f421 2009-10-05T12:11:45+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

Ernest Maples, a free service providing postcode data which we blogged about in July has recently been taken down due to legal action from the Royal Mail. Harry Metcalfe, one of the directors of the project, writes: ...]]> Royal Mail Vs <b>Ernest Marples</b> urn:uuid:12795bf3-ac32-c13a-ed3c-717a2a993706 2009-10-05T07:43:52+00:00 ErnestMarples:

Nobody likes piracy, Ernest Marples Postocodes Ltd say they have not got a copy of the Royal Mail database (which was released on to teh internets a couple of weeks ago) they are now being asked to provide the source of their data and ...]]> hmg.gov.uk/data and What We Can Do urn:uuid:f28668cd-f815-59ba-c67d-476a9f65f0c8 2009-10-03T14:00:24+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

This week, the Cabinet Office went live with a preview version of hmg.gov.uk/data, available only to those who subscribe to the UK Government Data Developers Google Group. Harry Metcalfe has written a great review, or of course you can ...]]> mylifemyid: How young people rejected ID cards urn:uuid:ecf27ab6-e062-9915-832f-913ecc477e9a 2009-09-22T09:55:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

The Register reports on how the Home office is refusing to publish research which it carried out last year with people aged between 16 and 25 on the subject of the UK ID card scheme. The site was http://mylifemyid.org, and of course ...]]> World of Wordpress urn:uuid:104aeefd-e3d0-b4f1-b664-4b38cc1ddd40 2009-09-21T21:38:52+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Davepress.net (Dave Briggs, @davebriggs); The Dextrous Web (@dextrousweb); Popkatea (Laura Whitehead, @littlelaura); Puffbox.com (Simon Dickson, @simond); Sweet Interaction (Simon Wheatley, @simonwheatley); The Workshop (Sheffield based ...]]> speaking (and listening!) at government 2010 urn:uuid:7e179f1f-68f7-ae49-b4b2-440b7a1ebbda 2009-09-19T10:30:18+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

i'll be taking part in a discussion panel on online consultation at government 2010 on 22 october – alongside harry metcalfe, tom watson and david price. the theme is: digital engagement is everyone's job: formal and informal ...]]> Sentiment analysis urn:uuid:4b48a02e-7fd0-45d6-3caf-369577a60816 2009-09-15T21:13:44+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

Surely the only reliable (whatever reliable might mean in this context) way of doing this would be to turn it into a scenic or not style game – but, critically, at the level of paragraphs or larger units, not at the level of words, ...]]> speak up or for ever shut the feck up! urn:uuid:cd3ddf02-9134-c8eb-adae-eec5b7fb0ac2 2009-09-15T12:42:17+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

well we all knew that the government was planning to improve our access to coastal land. crow has been one of the very rare good things that this government has done for us (despite no legal right to wild camp). ...]]> ernestmarples.com serves up free postcode data (just don&#39;t tell <b>...</b> urn:uuid:15e6ebff-dd5d-3180-cd95-9e688bf86f90 2009-08-29T07:12:33+00:00 Harry Metcalfe, JobcentreProPlus:

projects created to date using the ernestmarples.com api include planningalerts.com, which alerts you of planning applications submitted near you; the straight choice, an election leaflet monitoring service and jobcentre pro plus, ...]]> scenicness map of great britain urn:uuid:baa2c350-26df-8ec8-b7b2-2e73f6376bca 2009-08-21T17:32:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

this was made a while ago, but never really publised - so time it was given a bit more exposure… thanks to the thousands of people rating locations over at scenicornot, and the fact those locations are tied to geograph images, ...]]> No Telling How <b>Ernest Marples</b> Freed the UK Postal Code urn:uuid:7b938420-9f1a-a080-8ca8-25cc39d015c2 2009-08-19T05:58:58+00:00 Harry Metcalfe, ErnestMarples:

A community-minded API has a politcal message for the UK's Royal Mail: open up the postal code database. ErnestMarples.com is named after the former postmaster general who apparently first oversaw the introduction of the postal code in ...]]> links for 2009-08-15 urn:uuid:72ae26c8-b643-3e64-2bf9-226da1e329b8 2009-08-15T08:03:59+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

jobcentre proplus. a much improved job search page "snaffled" from jobcentre plus. (tags: jobs government). stafford direct. (tags: stafford). stoke-on-trent city council crime levels & statistics. (tags: tools maps safety) ...]]> hot or not on google maps - updated urn:uuid:56a6a90c-3a0e-37e8-0009-69e9db8df74b 2009-08-10T14:05:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

scenicornot scenicornot is an interesting project from mysociety to find the most attractive places in britain. the site uses a 'hot or not' format to get users to rate photographs taken around the uk. the site includes a leaderboard of ...]]> engaging in the dna database debate urn:uuid:94ed0d82-f346-f256-d218-d9f532f7a6be 2009-08-06T16:09:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

with close to 8% of the uk population on the national dna database (ndnad), you must know someone whose dna profile is on it. finding out how to get off it and attempting to engage in a proper debate about its future i found the home ...]]> Types Of Hair Removal Options, Hair Removal Products, Paint <b>...</b> urn:uuid:a379d65e-31cb-4eae-df55-0f18148c8c23 2009-08-02T16:32:08+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

govconsultation: ScotsGov: Consultation on Implementation of the Removal of the Duty of Planning Authorities to Notify Historic Scotland on Certain Types ... 2 days ago from TellThemWhatYouThink.org · Reply · View Tweet. Face_normal ...]]> tell them what you think beta urn:uuid:4cf649e1-757e-0112-8b90-30232ab9118c 2009-07-31T11:01:45+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

tell them what you think beta. a massive government-wide consultation finder database! about time! its currently in beta so its not all singing and dancing as yet, but what a fantastic premise. we at delib are no stranger to a ...]]> mysociety launches <b>scenicornot</b> urn:uuid:f8fff1a8-fa9c-4770-8b6a-3eaf306181cc 2009-07-30T11:05:50+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

score - 9.5: across loch ericht to sron a chlaonaidh (by geoff white on geograph)harry metcalfe and co have been working for us recently to build a new mini-site, scenicornot. the goal of scenicornot is to be a gentle-ambling sort of ...]]> dna database unauthorised use and data loss, and incorrect storing <b>...</b> urn:uuid:951fea5c-3f66-6001-fc51-798a4e3b15c5 2009-07-24T04:26:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

the government has a habit of forgetting data on trains and unauthorised access, so what's the situation concerning the national dna database (ndnad). as too often with the home office, there's some confusion. on monday 20th july, ...]]> making innocents into honorary criminals urn:uuid:148de0ac-2bee-00f9-e62f-6aa226861dbe 2009-07-21T04:37:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

an informed debate on the benefits and risks of sampling the dna of all arrestees and retaining their dna profiles in the national dna database (ndnad) is necessary. this is why we have been lamenting the poor quality of the home office ...]]> Open Knowledge Foundation Blog urn:uuid:ded3aa16-05ad-fba2-3f5f-3e47bd39ea0a 2009-07-14T16:03:24+00:00 Harry Metcalfe, JobcentreProPlus:

So we are setting them free and using them to run PlanningAlerts.com and Jobcentre Pro Plus. We're doing the same as everyone's being doing for years, but just being open about it. There are now several free sources of UK postcode data ...]]> Money is fertilizer, companies are soil urn:uuid:42a54713-9747-071e-d57a-d68d01f0a7f3 2009-07-12T12:49:27+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

I spent a fair chunk of yesterday working on a redesign of the new ORG website, with Felix, Chris, Mike, Harry, and after we had finished for the talking with Felix about the recession and worthwhile work. We both have friends who work ...]]> opentech, apis and the t word urn:uuid:8b3943bf-d24f-4275-5b10-2511c9456aa7 2009-07-08T21:39:49+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

i was down in london last weekend for opentech, which was up to the usual high standard and full of useful talks on all manner of techy things. i made some useful contacts during the course of the day and have some ideas for how to take ...]]> links for 2009-07-06 urn:uuid:b6d9b6c8-897b-d41b-73ec-ddd170dbcc45 2009-07-06T14:03:23+00:00 ConsultationXML:

documents. harry metcalfe's rather nice and polished pdf parser… might be handy for tiddlydocs. (tags: harrymetcalfe pdf pdfparsing portabledocumentformat library dev converter xml)]]> a fantastic slippy app urn:uuid:848d0d12-6ec0-48c6-188f-1a9ef41bf3b8 2009-07-03T19:49:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

der bliver normalt ikke lagt nogle fingre imellem når der anmeldes kort applikationer på denne blog, men her er en applikation som i den grad har fået superlativerne til at flyde ... jeg kunne dog desværre ikke checke siden da den var ...]]> Ideal Government urn:uuid:a6e09d13-71b9-1954-b10f-a1e8d7137fda 2009-07-03T15:43:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

WRITTEN ON July 3rd, 2009 BY Harry Metcalfe AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, Transformational Government, What do we want? We need to be able to authenticate ourselves online. The Government's Identity Card scheme is in part ...]]> Britain unveils new medal for families of 8000 military dead since <b>...</b> urn:uuid:8b22b5d6-572e-0c72-7df9-8e2d1e3b67ce 2009-07-01T18:48:32+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

... KarimAinsworth Privilege Northern Ireland re-branded site is now live @ http://www.privilegeni.com, registration is now open, check it out; govconsultation Food: The Food Supplements and Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other ...]]> Ideal Government urn:uuid:c2dc0ed3-7653-a981-de3e-c96fc653b26f 2009-06-30T13:59:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

WRITTEN ON June 30th, 2009 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want? According to this report, Alan Johnson is abolishing compulsory ID Cards, starting with “air-side” airport workers. ...]]> mySociety urn:uuid:d804fae4-ce73-a93b-34a3-d56e2c16f3cd 2009-06-26T07:58:30+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

Matthew's just updated ScenicOrNot, the little game that we built to provide a 'Scenicness' dataset for Mapumental, to include a data dump of the raw data. The dump will update automatically on a weekly basis, but currently it contains ...]]> scenic or not ? urn:uuid:85dbd937-6c1d-3ee0-21b5-b042af26c71c 2009-06-19T14:08:16+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

a webpage i'm sort of enjoying lately from time to time is this thing called "scenic or not"... which is like hot or not except that you vote on what pictures of britain are scenic... or not (funnily enough). they get the pictures from ...]]> mapumental: where can i live? urn:uuid:d19c9176-8797-cc34-2553-3100b03e8e2f 2009-06-12T13:55:47+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

channel 4 and mysociety - the non-profit organisation who build cool stuff for the public good - have teamed up to create a new website to help people work out where to live, work or holiday. mapumental, currently in invite-only beta, ...]]> mapumental: where can i live? urn:uuid:d57e7b81-666f-0bb1-af3c-39c6caa499a8 2009-06-12T13:55:47+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

channel 4 and mysociety – the non-profit organisation who build cool stuff for the public good – have teamed up to create a new website to help people work out where to live, work or holiday. mapumental, currently in invite-only beta, ...]]> mapumental - mae o&#39;n...mental? urn:uuid:cc0e7140-7f6f-484e-c612-c6475985ad6e 2009-06-09T12:52:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

ydych chi'n cofio cofnod ar metastwnsh gan rhodri am wefan scenicornot? gwefan gan mysociety oedd o ble gofynwyd i bobl gyfrannu at bosiect "hush, hush" drwy raddio gwahanol golygfeydd ar draws ynys prydain. ...]]> sentenced to genetic probation urn:uuid:3672fdf5-a3da-4351-b74e-7c45f27888a9 2009-06-07T00:02:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

either you are with the home office or you are against justice. the home office remains stubborn in its attempts to hold on to the personal and intimate data of innocents by refusing to delete their dna profiles from the national dna ...]]> mental maps urn:uuid:059bca3c-5682-ee7e-1348-d14453bd54ba 2009-06-04T20:10:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

we've been thinking about the way we view or perceive our local area in year 6. one of the things we looked at was how to assess our local area and we used this site (thanks to geoblogs) to get us warmed up. ...]]> mapumental urn:uuid:dbae3acc-8eab-2307-d0fa-71e9c674fb7e 2009-06-03T08:27:07+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

mapumental is a map app (hey, that rhymes!) that helps you find a property in the london area based on travel time (ease of commute), "scenicness" and price. techies may be interested to know that its base maps come from open street map ...]]> Geography and all that Jazz urn:uuid:30e3094b-cb85-3f89-a42b-0cc6f919deee 2009-05-15T18:24:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

How are you deciding what is scenic or not ? What sways your score ? Does a building always count against the score / roads / pylons / fences or walls ? Which images are gaining the highest scores ? Are they the 'obvious' ones ? ...]]> <b>Scenic or Not</b> ? urn:uuid:461c3b1f-9e9b-70b3-8c6b-7d8b548741b3 2009-05-15T13:28:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

SCENIC OR NOT ? uses the images from the wonderful GEOGRAPH site. Of course, used with students, some questions need to be asked... How are you deciding what is scenic or not ? What sways your score ? Does a building always count ...]]> news: website of the day - <b>scenicornot</b> urn:uuid:1eae6863-d529-d005-03d4-52713c299262 2009-05-12T23:00:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

beauty spots of the uk - rate them or hate them. ah, this sceptr'd isle, this green and pleasant land. ... read website of the day - scenicornot on pocket-lint now.]]> <b>scenicornot</b> urn:uuid:9eee8164-1d50-0ef3-8404-81147c300f2a 2009-05-12T13:32:53+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

scenicornot. mysociety are crowdsourcing opinions on how “scenic” different parts of the uk are, by rating representative photos from geograph.]]> <b>ConsultationXML</b>: getting reusable data out of horrid PDFs b.../b urn:uuid:b42c4a2d-0d93-5bcc-54c5-2f4ede98f98f 2009-05-10T10:31:44+00:00 ConsultationXML:

Certainly we want to be as as possible, and let people do more or less as they like. Hopefully we can make it open source soon! ConsultationXML is now Open Source - Archive - The bDextrous/b Web says: February 27, 2009 at 4:01 pm . ...]]> opengov urn:uuid:d8ef7ffd-6f09-66c2-6d27-b17a1fddd13d 2009-05-03T19:06:06+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

last wednesday i attended the opengov conference: a practical one-day conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities of social technologies to enable engagement, collaboration, and transparency in government ...]]> <b>scenicornot</b> explained urn:uuid:5aaa7e99-b58f-5def-07c5-3fa6678a20b3 2009-04-30T09:12:13+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

scenicornot is a game where people, such as timeshare owners, rate the aesthetic quality of various sites in the uk and can discover some delightful parts of the country, the website organisers reveal. ...]]> <b>scenic or not</b>? urn:uuid:6158f4d0-4d61-8c90-dbf3-bf4fc3f166dc 2009-04-24T16:51:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

i love the new scenic or not website where we get to rate pictures taken from all over the uk. it's fun ... but i do hope we can use such tools to help understand what we value in our environment. we clearly do make distinctions between ...]]> Law Librarian Blog: FreeLegalWeb Project for UK Legal Resources urn:uuid:2b0f4387-ff7a-387c-0638-359caea1b846 2009-04-13T07:48:00+00:00 Dextrous Web:

The project is led by Nick Holmes of Infolaw, Robert Casalis de Pury of UniRom Systems Limited, and Harry Metcalfe of The Dextrousweb. This project seems complementary to the Free Access to Law Movement, which is organized around legal ...]]> <b>scenic or not</b>? urn:uuid:f0b6bb03-a20b-cd5a-e469-98bf54311187 2009-04-10T17:22:00+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

another fun way to waste time online, and discover more of britain at the same time: scenic or not allows you to 'rate the uk's pretty places'. plus pennywell industrial estate, currently at the bottom of the leader board. ...]]> mySociety urn:uuid:c015ffea-13a3-47d3-51ae-bb467ed9e5d2 2009-04-10T16:34:22+00:00 ScenicOrNot:

The goal of ScenicOrNot is to be a gentle-ambling sort of quasi game that's just compelling enough to keep clicking on, just in case the next picture is the dream valley in which you wish to be buried. mySociety's obviously not in the ...]]> I love <b>Jobcentre ProPlus</b>! urn:uuid:acc6ff8a-8582-c70b-5a6d-c4cafef97211 2009-03-23T21:13:57+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

THIS FIELD IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. location: Sandwell, UK. http://12seconds.tv/channel/wesharestuff/116038.]]> I really dig <b>Jobcentre Pro-plus</b> urn:uuid:13cb29d3-36b8-52ac-e8ca-ae7c7c5ee40c 2009-03-23T19:23:45+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

I love Jobcentre ProPlus! on 12seconds.tv. http://jobcentreproplus.com.]]> converting pdfs into other formats urn:uuid:016ffa42-88a6-4321-26a2-3d265541662f 2009-03-19T15:24:51+00:00 ConsultationXML:

thanks to my colleague clive for pointing out this helpful site provided by the dius. it is a useful online function that converts .pdf files into .html, .xml or image files.]]> forfar-loon&#39;s Brigadoon - the new Heath Board elections Is there <b>...</b> urn:uuid:475c7d30-6f72-db42-c6c4-c8da2ed0a0bb 2009-03-14T01:01:00+00:00 Dextrous Web:

Universality of Cheese - a few phrases which represent Scotland. No fish suppers this week as the following are websites: associatedcontent - is the world spiraling out of control? The Dextrousweb - new postcode data ...]]> rewiring the state for the public good urn:uuid:86dd98ea-93ed-06ca-4dc1-fcc7447eb32e 2009-03-09T17:55:34+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

in any event that's not meant to be discouraging because there's excellent value in the networking and the sharing of ideas and techniques. there's more on the 'winning apps' from the day jobcentre proplus and companies open house, ...]]> Rewired State: A couple of days later urn:uuid:66fb754e-e109-034a-1c8f-a39439b76893 2009-03-09T17:00:46+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

In particular, I was looking for hacks that addressed findability and aggregation. From the ones that met these criteria, I chose four applications for further review and discussion: JobCentre Pro Plus Active Places Moving There ...]]> Live wires urn:uuid:6afbfe09-deed-5ec0-69f7-17a7700e3243 2009-03-08T21:03:16+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

... other sources (site, video); Jobcentre ProPlus - using post codes as the initial way in to the Jobcentre Plus job vacancy database, then displaying just enough about each job to make it easier to tell what they are really about. ...]]> Rewired State: oh that was very good (updated with video) urn:uuid:0ac3f44e-d6ca-cbc7-3ddd-d09878b129c0 2009-03-08T12:33:20+00:00 JobcentreProPlus:

Looked like it was a great event but Jobcentre ProPlus suffers from the same problem as the Jobcentre internet job bank – it forgets there is a slight barrier called the Thames estuary which falls within the 10 mile radius and so ...]]> MOONGIFT: urn:uuid:5e25e600-88e6-82f3-cfc4-b7ba51f68e83 2009-03-07T15:00:00+00:00 ConsultationXML:

使いどころが難しいが、契約書などでベースになるPDFを作成し、それをConsultationXMLにアップロードしてクライアントの名前や住所などを編集し、再度それをテンプレートとしてPDFを生成するというのが妥当だろうか。なお、pdftohtmlが日本語に対応してい ...]]> rt @tom_watson uk government c urn:uuid:da0c9bf2-4f1f-f70c-0967-0fb5e2f17da3 2009-02-28T08:08:31+00:00 ConsultationXML:

rt @tom_watson uk government contributes to open source with consultationxml: http://bit.ly/1l3ob and steph's take here: http://bit.ly/rtkor.]]> consultationxml goes open source urn:uuid:e2aa5e44-df41-811d-0a16-87319e50ad4e 2009-02-27T22:14:57+00:00 ConsultationXML:

as harry's explained over on the dextrous web, we've just open sourced the code behind consultationxml, the tool we've been working on which turns consultation pdf files into xml. it's a 0.1 release so still full of bugs, ...]]> When the state, nonstate, individual and transnational come to <b>...</b> urn:uuid:3a239b9c-5d32-ff16-f934-4274c724867a 2009-02-26T07:09:56+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

govconsultation www.tellthemwhatyouthink.org. Richard Bertin UK-Vale of Glamorgan Council redrich www.richardbertin.com. Warwick District Council UK-Warwick District Council warwickdc www.warwickdc.gov.uk. Ban Ki-moon (unofficial) ...]]> freeing data, reducing pain urn:uuid:7dd47dd2-3f5f-3c91-f2e7-ffdba2a0ddb7 2009-02-02T23:24:12+00:00 ConsultationXML:

at barcamp on saturday, harry metcalfe of tellthemwhatyouthink and i presented some work we've been doing to build a web application which makes it easier to turn pdf versions of consultation documents into structured xml. ...]]> New small tools for better government, horrid pdf&#39;s and the Power <b>...</b> urn:uuid:5a9e1eb0-753d-1ae5-36df-3b10f31617f2 2009-02-02T21:10:37+00:00 ConsultationXML:

You've got two weeks to get your thoughts into the Power of Information Report. They've offered it up on wordpress to allow people to start commenting. Compare this with how the same group were presenting information a year ago. ...]]> barcamplondon5 spillover urn:uuid:5027f539-03f4-3509-aff4-38072dd551eb 2008-09-27T19:51:35+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

today i spent up and down the strand, an old stomping ground from aol time-warner days. i was most of the day at the bcs offices, attending barcamplondon5 spillover. it was due to start at nine. i was late. ...]]> Mandatory Levels for CFSH urn:uuid:a1fece6a-351e-1e67-a543-76fefa4801b9 2008-08-15T10:01:49+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

HM Gov consultation document, 'The future of the code for sustainable homes: making a rating mandatory' sets out the government decision to propose a mandatory rating as opposed to a mandatory assessment. ...]]> urn:uuid:7034b040-e106-24f5-bde3-a68cd34ef86a 2008-08-10T15:43:10+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

TellThemWhatYouThink.org http://twitter.com/govconsultation CommunitiesUK http://twitter.com/CommunitiesUK. DIUS http://twitter.com/DIUS_Science. UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office http://twitter.com/foreignoffice. Government (US) ...]]> on consultation urn:uuid:002ab137-02ec-d516-4f44-0e1d30d10a79 2008-07-06T15:48:46+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

on thursday night i was lucky enough to be invited to number 11 for a few drinks with various online luminaries, including a bunch of guys who went on web mission 08 and lots of lovely government webbies too, courtesy of tom watson, ...]]> using the web to make government consultations better <b>...</b> urn:uuid:2488cc8d-8570-9338-4029-7df0562303c9 2008-05-31T13:19:45+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

the site tellthemwhatyouthink is part of the first step, get all the consultations in one place, and it takes some of the work from you by screen-scraping the pages and make your life a bit easier. there is a similar site in new zealand ...]]> <b>tellthemwhatyouthink</b>.org urn:uuid:d45f04d3-4f28-15c6-131f-a4ac1ad5f70e 2008-03-03T01:14:24+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

producing joined-up government, one web site at a time: tellthemwhatyouthink.org acts as a centralised index of the many consultation exercises run by uk government departments. (as with many other sites hosted by mysociety, ...]]> what gov webbies can do to improve awareness of their published <b>...</b> urn:uuid:b4d2c4e1-46b0-ec5a-139f-41cbd944264c 2008-02-26T21:15:18+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

i had the good fortune to meet harry metcalfe recently. harry told me that he was building a web service that would aggregating information about all government consultations published online. by pulling the information into his site, ...]]> find out what they&#39;re asking, and then <b>tellthemwhatyouthink</b> urn:uuid:0ac4877b-31ee-fee6-5b9b-a591a3ca181c 2008-02-23T21:17:00+00:00 TellThemWhatYouThink:

the site went live a couple of weeks ago and has been attracting an unexpected, but entirely welcome, amount of attention! if you're interested in consultations — or if you think you could be — have a peep at tellthemwhatyouthink.org, ...]]> excellent new consultations site from harry metcalfe urn:uuid:6b1a5221-79dd-7e51-3070-a5beb8e04e83 2008-02-22T12:47:54+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

i only met harry metcalfe a few weeks ago, when he was volunteering for the open rights groups. since then he's dazzled us with his completely single handed production of tellthemwhatyouthink, a site which draws most central government ...]]> Done something rash this afternoon: I&#39;ve taken several steps <b>...</b> urn:uuid:7952eaa3-8ac2-1685-b793-c6f47b2b9c4a 2008-02-05T17:13:00+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

Done something rash this afternoon: I've taken several steps towards signing up to train as an NCT Antenatal teacher. Do I have enough time? Probably not. But I see it as serving two purposes - 1) I can do more of one of the things I ...]]> links for 2008-01-22 urn:uuid:e741d2d3-a594-ff62-4230-2aaae9b824ac 2008-01-22T04:20:45+00:00 Harry Metcalfe:

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