Last year the organisers of the first BlueLightCamp reached out to me and asked me if it would be crazy to try to run a hackathon focused on mobile apps, apps and open data at BlueLightCamp 2013. “Probably. But lets
Simpl Challenges for BlueLightCamp
With more and more camps, hacks and other open innovation get-togethers taking place around the country, the FutureGov team spotted a need for an online platform to host the call out for ideas that takes place before many of these
We can finally announce…
After some busy weeks chasing sponsors and talking to the venue, the BlueLightCamp can finally announce our plans for our upcoming event. We will now be running our second BlueLightCamp unconference on Saturday 27th April. Similar to the inaugural event last
Gearing up to BlueLightCamp 2013
Over the last month or so Mark and I have been working with British APCO on arranging the 2013 BlueLightCamp event. Early in December, we met in Hampshire to discuss the planning of this year’s event with British APCO president
BlueLightCamp ‘Travels’
This Saturday (14 July 2012) BlueLightCamp was seen at the LocalGovCamp event in Birmingham run by Dave Briggs. Both Ben Proctor (@likeaword) & Sasha Taylor (@sasha_taylor) were seen wearing their BlueLightCamp Tshirts at the event. However, the prize for best
From John Smeaton to #hurricanebawbag
I said I’d share the findings of my Masters dissertation so here goes. The post is a bit long but hey ho, I’m sure you’ll all cope. The research investigates the use of social media by journalists and emergency responders in
Panic, panic, there’s a panic going on!
Posted by loulouk at 22:04 It’s about emergency planning and civil contingencies before you ask. I’m afraid however, this is not going to be a ‘read in 5 minutes’ blog post. I’m going to try, instead, to take you with
SOCIAL CRISIS: Using Twitter in emergency planning
A rather marvellous moment of digital serendipity happened the other night. Walking back from a late night meeting at Walsall Council House a police car sped past with sirens and blue lights on. Absent mindedly I tweeted that I wondered
Before Social Media Comes the Community
The value of social media and enterprise social networking is all about the community, it’s people that drive mass collaboration, not technology. I was thinking about this as the BlueLightCamp unconference in Manchester was kicking off. Here I was in the middle
BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1) [via markbraggins]
First thing in the morning on Sunday 15th April there was barely a cloud in the sky above Manchester. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and I was off camping. It was a few miles walk to the camp
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