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Open Up Your Content – a piece written for Hyperlocal West Midlands
Andy Mabbett wrote about Open Content for the Hyperlocal West Midlands unconference. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, local government, social media, Wikipedia
Tagged Creative Commons, Dan Slee, flickr, hyperlocal, Hyperlocal West Midlands, HyperWM, Kate Sahota, Liz O'nions, moral rights, open content, open licence, redistribute, remix, reuse, revise, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Si Whitehouse, Twitter:user=808kate, twitter:user=danslee, Twitter:user=siwhitehouse, unconference, wikipedia
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The BBC, Regional News and Sport, and Hyperlocal Blogs
Andy Mabbett reports the BBC’s agreement to his request that they consider linking to news stories on hyperlocal blogs and invites expressions of interest from suitable English bloggers. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, ideas, social media
Tagged B44, bbc, blog, blogging, blogs, hyperlocal, news, regional news, regions, Robin Morley, TheB44
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Politician pin ups – open-licensed pictures, please
Andy Mabbett calls on public bodies to provide open-licensed pictures of politicians and senior officers. Continue reading
Posted in hyperlocal, ideas, local government, open data, photography, Wikipedia
Tagged accountability, aerial photography, Birmingham City Council, blogging, Bull Ring, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, copyright, Creative Commons, democracy, flickr, free, hyperlocal, journalism, libre, licence, licensing, local government, localgovweb, open data, open licence, opendata, OpenlyLocal, Paul Tilsley, photography, politicians, politics, social media, web, West Midlands Police, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia
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Dan Slee, me, HyperLocal Govcamp West Midlands, BrewCamp, and cake
Andy Mabbett is mentioned in a new blog post by Dan Slee, about HyperLocal Govcamp West Midlands, BrewCamp, and cake Continue reading
Posted in about me, hyperlocal, ideas, local government
Tagged BrewCamp, cake, danSlee, flickr, GovCamp, hyperlocal, local government, localgovweb, Mike Rawlins, Pezholio, Si Whitehouse, Stuart Harrison, twitter:user=danslee, twitter:user=mike_rawlins, Twitter:user=pezholio, Twitter:user=siwhitehouse, West Midlands, wikipedia
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My name is Andy Mabbett, and I’m a Hyperlocal blogger
Andy Mabbett is now a hyperlocal blogger, for ‘The B44′, in Great Barr & Kingstanding, Birmingham, England Continue reading
Posted in about me, Birmingham, local government, news, social media
Tagged Andy Mabbett, B44, blogging, hyperlocal, HyperWM, TAL11, TalkAboutLocal, The B44, unconference
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Everything at your postcode – proposal for a new website
A proposal for a new website, providing links to information about any given UK postcode. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, local government, microformats, social media, web standards, Wikipedia
Tagged crowdsourcing, geolocation, hyperlocal, idea, microformats, open data, OpenlyLocal, postcode, proposal
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