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Help me save the Knowledge Hub (in some form)
An email from the Knowledge Hub team at the LGA: As Knowledge Hub user I felt it necessary to contact you with this news. You may have read in today’s press due to cost the LGA are proposing to close...

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How in-the-browser software should work
I wrote recently about my growing unease with the addiction we have with ever greater convenience with our computing over the necessity of control. A lot of this is driven by cloud, and software-as-a...

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Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The History of Programming Languages Nextdoor Brings Its Neighborhood-Focused Social Network To The iPhone With Debut Of Native iOS App | TechCrunch...

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Codebunk
Codebunk looks like a neat in the browser editor for writing and testing code. Particularly useful, I think, for those learning to program. Here’s a video that demonstrates how it works.

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Dumb Store
Apparently, not everyone has a smartphone! News to me. Anyway, the Dumb Store is potentially very exciting, I think. Apps for ‘dumb’ phones – ie those that have limited ability to...

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Loomio
Loomio looks like a neat tool for groups to discuss a topic and to come to decisions. Often online discussions just go nowhere and don’t result in specific actions. Maybe this is a solution to...

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Participatory Budgeting: North America Participation Metrics
Here’s another open data collection effort. As shared on the Participatory Budgeting Facebook group yesterday: Can anyone help provide the following metrics? Thanks! 1. Number of PB voters in...

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Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: John Lanchester: Google Glass Opinionated Infrastructure: ‘Pon the Floor, Impact, MobileFirst and Zend More information on Networked Councillor “We Want...

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New successful digital engagement course open for registration
Our first successful digital engagement course is up and running and going great guns. In fact, I’ve already had a few people asking when the next one is going to be. So, am happy to provide an...

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Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
Excellent stuff: Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how...

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