Digital Britain – Who will pay for it!?

The Digital Britain Summit took place last Friday 17 April 2009 at the British Library. This conference was designed to discuss the emerging ‘digital revolution’ and to ensure that Britain is at the front of technological innovation. A key aim is to secure universal broadband access for all.
As the Digital Britain Forum blog reveals, the [...]

Surface: Grumpy old technologist signposts us to the future!

Colin Harrison is the ICT Champion for Yorkshire & the Humber. He brings together lots of essential, useful and interesting information via his Blog.
His latest post Am I a grumpy old technologist is no exception. In it he makes some comments about Twitter that readers might find agreeable – but more importantly he brings us [...]

Scribd – over 2,400 viewings of documents

This is the first in a series of articles about the services that operate behind the scenes on the BCN (Blackpool Community News) websites.  This series will look at Box.Net, Odiogo, Amazon Associates and WordPress services and those of TypePad. But we start by revisiting Scribd:
This website (and the BCN main website) first used Scribd [...]

Social Media Exchange Event

The Social Media Exchange is a series of masterclasses, discussion and debates to inspire  online collaboration and networking opportunities for 2009.

Date: Monday 26 January 2009
Time: 9am Registration. Prompt start 9.45am – 5pm
Venue: The Resource Centre, Holloway Road, London N7 6PA

Part of the day will be dedicated to masterclasses on a range of topics related to [...]

News from the Corridors of Power – through the power of WordPress

The UK Parliament Labs are developing the services they offer through customising their use of WordPress blogging software. This will make their news services more accessible – and more friendly – to use!
“WordPress is open source software that is free to use and customise. This is the first time Parliament has used the open [...]

Twitter – Getting started

It seems strange doing a blog post about Twitter (it ‘being the new blogging’) when Blackpool does not seem to have really got its head around the idea of blogging yet!? However (with thanks to Darren Rowse and TwiTip) – here we go……
Twitter is the ‘new’ blogging – albeit micro-blogging in 140 characters or less! [...]

Virtual HQ opens – but aiming at real benefits!?

Civil Society IT magazine has reported that Diabetes UK has opened a new state-of-the-art building on ‘Manchester Island’ in virtual 3D world Second Life.
The charity has done this to raise awareness about the risks and seriousness of diabetes and to promote a healthier lifestyle in its new virtual shop that allow users of the virtual [...]

Text-to-speech facility added

This Blog has now added a text-to-speech service through Odiogo, allowing readers to actually listen to blog posts on the website, and even on iTunes (as well as iPods and iPhones) as a podcast.
While this is a very ‘fun’ feature for readers, it could be a very valuable tool for the visually impaired and can [...]

Tips on Twitter – people to follow

Twitter seems to be the talk of the town at the moment… well the chat on the Blogosphere at least! We can now refer to the Twitterverse.
Setting up a Twitter account is quick and easy. Go to http://twitter.com/ and while you’re there have a look at the explanatory video.
But what do you do with Twitter? [...]

Comics teach adults to use ICT

Keeping IT in the Family is a witty idea launched by Digital Birmingham and the Birmingham City Council aiming to encourage families to use ICT.
The initiative commissioned by Microsoft and developed by Citizens Online uses a series of guides in ‘Comic’ format. The emphasis of the comics is to help young people and children give [...]