Monthly Archives: October 2007

Happy Bristol Day!

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Andy

I am working today (who takes their own advice?), but most of our staff have the day off for our ‘not-quite-statutory’, self-declared unofficial bank-holiday, Bristol Day. Britain has not enough official holidays in our view. We can’t change that across … Continue reading →

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Cameron gets it

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Gez Smith

It’s nice to see that Britain’s political leaders are starting to get the internet, and its wider impact on society.  David Cameron seems particularly switched onto the power of the net, as was highlighted by his speech at Google’s zeitgeist, … Continue reading →

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Political Base

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Gez Smith

This looks pretty interesting: http://www.politicalbase.com/. They’ve got lots of the e-democracy bases covered — accountability, transparency, personlisation, conversation — with their features, all of which have been served up with a specific proposition (‘see where contributions have come from’, ‘compare … Continue reading →

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Threat to e-Democracy in Italy

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Gez Smith

Not much more to say on this that isn’t said in the original source post, other than it’s real worry if true and it passes. Let’s hope the idea doesn’t catch on over here. (note some comments on that blog … Continue reading →

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