Category Archives: Technology

Estimating Social Media usage within a geographic area

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Mark Braggins

I’m an enthusiastic supporter of the adage “go where the people go” if you want to connect with customers and service users. I believe it applies equally – if not more – in the virtual world, than the physical world. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Reflections on events

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Over the last year or so I’ve attended a bunch of ‘unconference‘ events. In this post I thought I’d take a look back at some of them. All events have something worth sharing, and most I’ve attended have had shed-loads; I’ve therefore … Continue reading →

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Isle Lights

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the fourth in a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. Previous posts: Covered my visit from a personal perspective Talked about Northern BlueLightCamp; and A mini-post with an interactive Puffin-shaped word cloud This post covers … Continue reading →

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Puffin Island (IslandGovCamp)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Mark Braggins

There was barely a cloud in the sky during the whole of IslandGovCamp. Gorgeous weather prevailed throughout. In the absence of real clouds, I decided to make one instead and make it colourful and interactive. Most of the words are clickable … Continue reading →

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Northern (Blue) Lights

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the second is a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. In the first part I talked a bit about my personal experience travelling around mainland Orkney, both on my own, and as as part of … Continue reading →

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BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt2)

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the second part of a post about BlueLight Camp, an unconference for Emergency responders, and those who work with them. The session I want to talk about this time was run by Farida Vis. Farida was a member of … Continue reading →

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BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Mark Braggins

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 … Continue reading →

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Keep taking the tablets

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Ok, I admit it, I bought an iPad. It’s a third generation, or “new iPad”, as Apple insist on referring to it. I was one of the many thousands world-wide who bought the latest shiny thing, the first day it … Continue reading →

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Ten (more) of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Mark Braggins

A couple of months ago I blogged about ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. I didn’t – and still don’t – pretend to have any great expertise but, as I’d tried a bunch of different products, … Continue reading →

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The SLA Event (Pt 2): Ordnance Survey Open Data and GeoVation

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the second half of a post about an event run by the Society for Location Analysis a couple of weeks ago. Last week’s post covered the introduction by the SLA Chairman, Peter Sleight, and a talk by Professor Nigel Shadbolt … Continue reading →

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