Alex Krotoski- our lovely host The Megas Award for Technology Julian – a very special civic hacker Us again Here are some more pictures from the MEGAS awards that Sym took on the night…. (Posted by Aine)
ScraperWiki wins an award
(Posted by Aine) We have been a little silent about the fact that ScraperWiki was presented with the Guardian Media – Innovation in Technology Award at the industry’s most prestigious awards bash called MEGAS a few weeks ago. We were not expecting the award as the judges had seen ScraperWiki in its alpha state which […]
The united lobbyists of pdf
After a nice bit of newsmaking, political lobbying is in the news. To keep potential scandals at bay that can threaten this lucrative and important business, the lobbyists have established the self-regulatory body Association of Professional Political Consultants. But you can’t have a regulatory body without a register. So they publish a quarterly APPC register in PDF […]
Better net awards need applications
An outfit called UnLtd has these Better Net Awards of between £5,000 and £15,000 for “original and innovative projects” that increases education about the Internet and IT, or provides an internet based solution to social, educational, health and environmental issues, and so on. Your project is not supposed to be part of your paid employment, […]
Hacks and Hackers Hack Day Report
(Posted by Richard) Last Friday we organised The Hacks and Hackers Hack Day to see what happens when you put journalists and developers in the same room and ask them to come up with a data-driven story in one day. We also wanted to see how ScraperWiki would fare being used in anger in one […]
Hacks and Hackers Hackday
We think great things can happen when people who understand what makes a great story and top developers with an eye for data get together. So, in the New Year we’re hosting a hackday for journalists and developers. The idea is to team people up from different disciplines for the day to rummage through public […]
What Londoners worry about: Metropolitan Police priorities by area
We’ve been putting the alpha release of ScraperWiki though its paces by grabbing a few datasets and poking about with them. One of the things we have been taking a look at is police priorities across London, as set by local people. Under the Safer Neighbourhoods scheme, each council ward has a dedicated team of police […]