I had a comment on a post from Ellee Seymour, uber blogger from Cambridgeshire, which I thought I’d post a reply as it’s a subject that I wanted to do something wider on…
I love data too, it’s great for basing stories around. But how willing will the Government be to share their data with us? […]
I’ve been doing some work in Windsor. Very nice place to work. Lots of lovely shops like Montezumas and Carluccios. I suspect it’s got the highest density of coffee places per capita (I’ve tried about 1/4 of them so far) in the UK.
I’m looking out for scenes to photograph, and I’ll post ‘em as I […]
For some time now, I’ve been using my Nokia smartphone to read my Gmail. Google already made it easier, having a specially lightweight page for mobile browsers to keep it nice and quick.
They’ve now released a specific application called Gmail App which allows you to retrieve the mail on the phone, and because it’s a […]
Sick Note Swindon and reported elsewhere
Around 60,000 days were lost by Swindon Borough Council to long-term sick leave in one year, a six of which was for "psychological" reasons.
But Bob Cretchley, Unison representative for Swindon, blamed constantly shifting work patterns.
I’ll bet my next pint of Archer’s Golden that the Honda plant, where they eat, […]
I skipped the coffee… caffeine not such a good idea at this time.
Anyway, I’m thinking about Conservative plans to have a search engine for spending on items over £25,000.
I think that there’s something else. As well as the search engine, give us the option to just grab the whole list as a dataset. OK, it’s […]
So, as well as Zune having a few problems with not playing Plays for Sure, according to this Microsoft document:-
"Windows Vista is not supported at this time. Check back soon for updates."
My guess, by the time it is, some Basement Dweller from the Bay area running on Ramen noodles and Jolt cola will have worked […]
When I’m working somewhere that I have travelled to by train, I often want to plan my departure. The options are often rubbish, and I end up phoning home because it’s easier than trying to mess around browsing the site on the browser.
As Paulie points out, someone’s done a little scraping job and written a […]
If there’s something that annoys me, it’s companies asking me to pay to get information about them. I object because the whole purpose of, for instance, buying a Habitat catalogue is for me to buy stuff from Habitat. The result is, I see the price, think "get stuffed", don’t read the catalogue and don’t buy […]
George Osborne: Politics and Media in the Internet Age
I’ve just read a transcript of a speech that George Osborne made on Politics and Media in the Internet Age. It actually made me a little dewy eyed.
Normally, when politicians talk about IT or the internet, I want to cry for different reasons - because they’re spouting […]
From the Daily Mail…
But it is already three years late and over budget, and last month Britain’s leading computer scientists called for an urgent inquiry into the crisis hit scheme, after warning it may not work.
I doubt that. A computer system for something like patient records and appointment bookings is not that difficult. In terms […]
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