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Author Archives: Anthony Zacharzewski
Digital downsides
Paul Clarke has pointed me to a recent piece of research (PDF) undertaken by Ctrl Shift for Consumer Focus. It’s called Digital Downsides, and considers ways in which new technologies and channel shift can harm the interests of consumers. The report … Continue reading
Posted in NIBs
Tagged Consumer, Consumer Focus, ctrl shift, digital downsides, Digital identity, Facebook, Mass surveillance, reports, Research
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Thucydides or Aeschylus?
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, who is as Eurosceptic as you would expect a former Telegraph Europe correspondent to be, has a piece comparing the treatment of the Greeks to that of the unfortunate Melians massacred at the hands of the Athenian army … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Aeschylus, athens, austerity, EU, Europe, greece, growth
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Media regulation: Carnegie recommends voluntary regulator
Carnegie UK have published Blair Jenkins’ report on Better Journalism in the Digital Age (report, summary pdfs). The report calls for a voluntary regulation regime, with strong incentives for joining, such as easier press accreditation or possibly labelling schemes. A … Continue reading
Posted in Media regulation, News, Projects
Tagged carnegie, Carnegie UK, Journalism, Leveson Inquiry, Media, Press Complaints Commission, regulation
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@fhollande (hearts) Gov1.0
I’m not sure whether political manifestos really describe the state of a nation’s politics, but they give strong hints. Reading François Hollande’s “60 commitments for France“, it’s a shame to see no echo of the discussions about new models for … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, france, François Hollande, gov20, Nicolas Sarkozy, public service models, reform
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Is this Dalston?
I’ve talked to a few people about Euan Mills‘ excellent little project to find the place people describe as “Dalston” (a suburb of North London), but have never been able to find the link to it. So, thanks Strange Maps blog, … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, dalston, definition, hackney, Localism, locality, neighbourhoods, self-definiton
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Stephen Hester as the AntiEuro
My back-of-a-cornflake-packet physics knowledge tells me that matter has a counterpart, called antimatter, and if the two meet, they are annihilated in a burst of energy. It turns out that the Euro and Stephen Hester‘s bonus package have the same … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged consistency, Europe, Hester, Journalism, Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester
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Dueling Cults of Personality
This thoughtful piece is about the US Primary campaign, but it doesn’t take much to translate it to the British context: I seem to keep encountering folks who respond to new bits of news unfavorable to their guy by reflexively … Continue reading
A bit of love for the Living Voters Guide (Washington state)
Via the DO-Wire mailing list, I came across a great little site set up to help voters discuss and learn about the ballot initiatives in the 2011 elections in Washington state. You can take a look here: Your guide to … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsourcing, discussion, participation, Politics, referendums, United States, voter information, Voting, Washington
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20 things from UK GovCamp (#ukgc12)
As suggested by Dan Slee, here are twenty of the things I learned at UKGovCamp. (“We” here refers to GovCamp attenders and fellow-travellers rather than Demsoc). 1. GDS is getting big and getting mainstream. It feels like for the past … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged agile, bins, Brussels, CityCamp, france, GDS, GovCamp, localgov, Mike Bracken, Police Commissioners, service design, ukgc12, unconferences
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If Social Justice™ were a breed of cat…
Oh, here’s a hideous survey. It invites you to tell the DWP what you think about Social Justice – the capital letters are clearly important. On the second (final) page of the survey you can opt in to hear more about … Continue reading →