Over at Public-i, we’re interested in the developments leading up to the arrival of Police and Crime Commissioners later in the year. I thought it might be worth doing the occassional post on this – that offers a little commentary on the PCCs. This is because, as the debate between prospective PCC candidates grows, we’re [...]
PCCs – and the new battle ground for local government
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on May 24, 2012
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/uncategorized/pccs-and-the-new-battle-ground-for-local-government/
Building civil spaces online: Howard Rheingold
Last week I listened to a webinar interview with Howard Rheingold by the Pillar Summit’s Richard Millington . If I was working for a newspaper I’d probably call Howard a web guru – or an elder statesman of the Internet, or hang my reverence on some other cliché. But, after listening to him speak for [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on May 4, 2012
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/building-civil-spaces-online-howard-rheingold/
Map of allotments in Brighton and Hove
Here’s a map on Google Fusion tables that I did a wee while ago to show allotments in Brighton and Hove… You can click on the dots to find out more information.
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on January 20, 2012
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/uncategorized/map-of-allotments-in-brighton-and-hove/
Adding to the Twitter map
I’ve realised that adding to the Twitter map for Brighton and Hove can be a bit of a pain, so I’m writing this quick post to explain to people an easy way to do it (which basically involves you telling me). If you tweet me (@andbwell) and include the hashtag #bhtwitmap, I can add stuff [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on September 8, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/brighton/adding-to-the-twitter-map/
Creating a Twitter map for Brighton and Hove
Quite by accident I appear to have started a Twitter map for Brighton and Hove. Hove, actually. (Sorry, this is an in joke, those of you don’t live here.) The map – which is currently useless, and will need other people’s help to get anywhere – is really just an attempt to straighten out who [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on August 30, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/brighton/creating-a-twitter-map-for-brighton-and-hove/
Advertising on council websites – a few thoughts from the dark side
There was a really interesting conversation this morning on Twitter about councils advertising on their websites – which was started by Adrian Short (see his blog post, here, about his complaint to Nottigham City Council). I’ve tried to put the pertinent tweets together into a Storify, so that people can follow the debate. There’s probably [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on May 10, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/advertising-on-council-websites-a-few-thoughts-from-the-dark-side/
Mapping deprivation in Brighton (a first, faltering attempt)
For a few reasons I decided to keep out of the way at CityCamp Brighton. But I was still keen to try to do something with a bit of my time. Paul Colbran and the folk at Brighton and Hove released some data around postcodes and deprivation at the beginning of the conference, so I [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on March 6, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/brighton/mapping-deprivation-in-brighton/
The big society is a bit like… [add your thoughts here]
I think I might have become a fan of the Big Society. Not because I think it’s brilliant (although at least some bits of it do make sense), but because it’s incredibly difficult to describe. Things that are difficult to describe make life tricky for journalists and commentators (let alone civil servants and junior ministers) [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on February 17, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/silly-stuff/the-big-society-is-a-bit-like-add-your-thoughts-here/
Judith Townend: Media law for the little guy
Judith was a journalist at journalism.co.uk. Her interest in media law has taken her to city university where she is now engaged in a PhD about just that. Judith has been carrying out research about how small news orgs and bloggers deal with legal issues – ‘Keeping It Legal Without the Night Lawyer’. She says [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on December 1, 2010
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/judith-townend-media-law-for-the-little-guy/