February 2008
27 posts
Where is the innovation in e-government? →
I recently listened to the Economist’s recent special report on e-government. I think the report was, by and large, accurate and to the point - the biggest lessons seem to be:
Its right and proper that citizens have access to and interact with local and national Governments (durh!).
Government IT projects cost a fortune and fail often.
Lots of Government IT projects focus just on the IT,...
Apple - Pro - Pro Tips - Brilliant - there's a... →
TomTom to use cellphone data to determine traffic... →
Brilliant. I thought they must be doing something along these lines. TomTom have a with Vodafone (disclaimer, Vodafone are a client), to anonymously process the location and speed of Vodafone cellphones on roads (worked out from cell towers)…and relay this as traffic condition data to new TomTom devices with an embedded Vodafone SIM. Putting aside the real-world computational issues...
Participant not Punter →
That’s what I’m aiming for, as a consumer and producer. Most starkly felt at Reboot - where most definitely none of the attendees are punters, and all are participants, regardless of whether they’re speaking or not. That is all.
Great media curation sites →
I’ve really enjoyed David Galbraith’s Smashing Telly, a fantastic curation of interesting TV shows. And recently, another site, Speechification started pulling together a lovely list of spoken Radio programmes. Speechification pushes their links through as a podcast feed as well. And Russell Davies, one of the guys behind the site has just launched Watchification, which pulls together...
The great thinkers Brian Eno, Danny Hillis,...
WatchCheers Paul
The New Heavy Metal :: Vagueware Blog →
The New Heavy Metal :: Innovation in Software :: The Vagueware Blog Paul Robinson links to a fascinating and appalling blueprint for Google’s new DataCentre. Although the energy is being generated by hydro-electric (and they’re investing in greentech in a big way), Paul points out that the cost of Google’s business is masked by this hidden (or at least, obsfucated, powr...
“…once i broke my problems into small pieces i was able to carry them, just...”
– White Stripes, The - Little Acorns Lyrics
“The greatest need is for intellectual reappraisal, and a good place to begin is...”
– The Minsky Moment: Comment: The New Yorker
Speechification →
Happiness is a curated blog/podcast feed of (mainly) BBC Radio 4 gems. I heard one of the curators, Dan Hill, say that when you hit 35, you move to Radio 4 and it stays with you for ever. Never a truer word.
