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HyperLocal GovCamp West Midlands: The Bloxidge Tallygraph and an idea for a hyperlocal ‘premium’ service

October 11, 2010 Nicky Getgood 13 comments

I had a very enjoyable time at HyperLocal GovCamp West Midlands in Walsall on 6th October, which brought together local government, community website managers and open data enthusiasts for a one-day unconference. As one of the event organisers Andy Mabbett said, “Sometimes they were even civil to each other!” (Despite some very fruitful, robust discussion.) [...]

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Hashbrum: experimenting with local news

November 25, 2009 Nicky Getgood No comments

On 15th November I was lucky enough to grab a ten minute chat with Andrew Brightwell of Hasbrum, the new website of ‘Birmingham Hyperlocal News’ created by a group of students on Birmingham City University’s MA Online Journalism course.  Hashbrum is a true experiment – the team do not have a clear long-term goal for [...]

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DiGpuss on Digbeth is Good

September 2, 2009 Nicky Getgood No comments

DiGpuss is the online shop attached to Digbeth is Good, my hyperlocal site about Digbeth’s ‘culture, pubs and a whole lot more’. Now, DiGpuss is rather an unusual shop in that it doesn’t sell anything. You see, everything in that shop window was a thing that somebody had once lost and I have found. And [...]

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