I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your support and participation in #Floodhack yesterday (16 Feb 2014). We had such a phenomenal response with over 200 signups in 24 hours! We are hugely grateful and
BlueLightCamp 2014 Sponsorship
It’s that time of year again when we are looking for sponsors to help support BlueLightCamp 2014. We are seeking financial and ‘in-kind’ support, and incentives for the ideas that come out of the hackathon. New venue This year, BlueLightCamp
BlueLightCamp 2014 has a venue
Over the last couple of months Mark and I have had many people ask us when BlueLightCamp will be this year so that they can fix the date and location in their diaries. Well the wait is over! After a
ODI / Nesta open data challenge – crime and justice info
Last year I was invited to Nesta and the ODI’s kick off meeting for their Crime and Justice open data challenge by Simon Whitehouse the lead on the challenge. This meeting set out the aims for the challenge which included
Time marches on…. BlueLightCamp 2014
So 2014 is marching steadily along. At UK GovCamp last weekend (25 January) it was great to see a number of people proudly donning their BlueLightCamp sweatshirts and t-shirts from our 2013 and 2012 events. While Mark and I were there for
Final Call for Nominations for British APCO Awards 2014
This year British APCO is looking to recognise achievements within the area of public safety communications by presenting awards within the following three significant areas: • Operational Service Delivery To recognise an individual/team within a public safety organisation that has
A dummies guide to making an idea work – building a software platform with no experience
This is a guest post by Christine Townsend, founder of MusterPoint It’s been a little over a year since I first decided to design and build my own social media monitoring and management platform. MusterPoint was created with the sole
BlueLightCamp at Emergency Services Show – Sept 2013
Both Mark Braggins and Sasha Taylor will be at this years Emergency Services Show representing BlueLightCamp and British APCO. We will be based at the British APCO stand but will be networking throughout the event with those attending and other
The naming of things: agile and vost
Guest Post by Ben Proctor (@likeaword) The naming of things I was quite tired at bluelightcamp. I pitched a workshop and went to the wrong room. Then I concluded that no-one had turned up and went about my lawful business.
20 things from BlueLightCamp13
Guest Post by Catherine Howe (@curiousc) Just blogging a quick 20 pointer (HT @Danslee) after a great weekend at BluelightCamp. I have blogged the network of networks here so this is a more general write up. Thank yous Thank you Sasha,
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