What you really need to know about the internet
Lovely interview with John Naughton about the themes of his upcoming book. Worth getting everyone you know to watch this!
Month: October 2011
Shelter Housing Database
Another useful open data visualisation resource, this time from Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. The Shelter Housing Database“brings together government data on housing need, supply, affordability and other issues at a local, regional and national level”, allowing you to produce graphs and download data in a nice user friendly way. Could be a very helpful resource … Keep reading
Birmingham Civic Dashboard
The Birmingham Civic Dashboard is a neat project from the City Council that reports the requests made for services from the organisation and visualises them in interesting ways, such as by plotting them on a map. It was funded by NESTA as part of the Make It Local programme, which also produced such excellence as … Keep reading
Houses and clouds
The Government Digital Service blog is essential reading. Two recent posts well worth a look: What is that beautiful house? The phrase “not a CMS” has become a bit of a joke around the GovUK office (to the point where more than a few people were humming Once In A Lifetime), but it’s a key … Keep reading