First time at BlueLightCamp Last weekend I had the very great pleasure of attending my first ever Blue Light Camp. I’ve done a few unconference events now so I had a good idea how it was going to work, but
WUDOWUD and BlueLightCamp at BAPCO’s Autumn event
“Whether You Do Or Weather You Don’t” (WUDOWUD) is an initiative that came about as a direct result of BlueLightCamp, which was this year held in Hampshire. WUDOWUD seeks to correlate environmental location based data with emergency response data to
Open Data – What’s the point?
First time Bluelightcamp was my first unconference and hackathon. Expectations were high. I am happy to report expectations were exceeded. The venue, the attendees, the commitment were absolutely superb. But, something was not quite right… Something not quite right It boils down to
Putting UK Flooding Alerts Onto Twitter #UKBLC14
As part of BlueLightCamp ’14, a group of civil servants, hackers, and emergency service workers got together for a weekend of furious creation. I decided to look at flooding data. The recent floods in the UK are a brutal remember of
BlueLightCamp is back, and it’s coming to Hampshire
What’s BlueLightCamp? BlueLightCamp is an annual gathering of people who are passionate about public services, particularly where there’s a blue flashing light involved. Who attends BlueLightCamp? BlueLightCamp-ers typically include – but aren’t limited to – fire fighters, police, emergency planners,