Convergence Conversation

If you missed the Next Gen Roadshow in Bristol then you can watch Stephen Hilton from Connecting Bristol earlier today http://vimeo.com/3940606 The entire event was streamed live and watched across the country and followed on Twitter ... http://twitter.com/ConnectBristol use the search #cbnnga to bring up information from all the recent roadshow events. You can also watch and read about all the various speakers and read presentations on the excellent Bristol City Council webcasting site: http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/site/webcasts.php?l=en_GB More...

The series of Next Gen  Roadshows continues around the country - today in Bristol and from 10am you can watch it streamed live from the Watershed online on the Bristol City Council live channel http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/site/player/pl_compact.php?a=23770&t=&m=wm&l=en_GB#the_data_area Here is the Agenda for the Day 09.30 Registration and refreshments 10.00 Welcome by David Bishop - Director of City Development, Bristol City Council – ‘Vision for Bristol as a Connected City’. 10.15 Can we Do it? Yes we Can! Brian Condon - Community Broadband Network. CBN, the national picture and local responses. More...

These are just some of the responses to the launch of the Corridor Manchster scheme yesterday. The project will connect homes and businesses in the Oxford Road area of the city using fibre optic cabling. Dave Carter (MDDA) announced, “For Manchester to keep its competitive edge on the national and global stage, we need an effective high speed broadband infrastructure. “We cannot wait for the market providers to do this for us – it’s a bit like public transport, private operators don’t build new train lines or tram tracks - we need to provide the core infrastructure on which they can build.  This will be an open access network available to all service providers.” FTTH verteran Kees Rovers who was recognised by the Dutch Royal Family for his (similar) achievements in Holland particularly the town of Nuenen says, "I hope that Dave once will be knighted for his effort" When Iasked for his reaction to call Dave replied, "I couldn't possib More...

A big day in Bristol today - Ambassadors from 3 European countries will be finding out more about the Carbon Makeover project and it's exciting web outputs. Green Homes www.green-homes.org.uk This newly launched site is the concept of a Carbon Makeover campaigner called Prakash (with digital media training and on-going support) he saw being a Carbon Makeover campaigner as an opportunity to get involved in community action and improve his social skills. His project Green Homes almost came to an abrupt end when he moved out of the area but Knowle West Media Centre were there to continue the legacy. More...

DC10plus network welcomes this exciting week for Manchester with two key events taking place: 1 - the BT announcement that Manchester areas will make up 6 of the 29 new trial areas for it's 60mbps broadband trials ... the exchanges due for "fibre to the cabinet" upgrade to go live from 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/23/btgroup-broadband# 2 - Tuesday 24 March 2009 will see Corridor Manchester become the first area in the UK to pilot next generation broadband as it launches a £500,000 project funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The project will open up a whole new range of opportunities for digital communications across business, social and healthcare sectors. More...

Had an email today: Hello, new Twitter-er! Using Twitter is going to change the way you think about staying in touch with friends and family. Did you know you can send and receive Twitter updates via mobile texting or the web? If you go to http://www.twitter.com/DC10plusnetwork you can sign up to 'follow' the DC10 plus twitter alerts - and you can also allow yourself (or your organisation) to be followed - so far we have 3 followers and are following 19 ... Communities UK (CLG) have 2.051 followers on Twitter Liverpool FC have 1,865 - so we're all at it ... I have found DigiBrum and signed up to follow them, Stephen Dodson is at a social networking conference this morning and DC10plus network is following the conference speakers via their various Tweets (check out watfordgap and podnosh)... More...

There is now a DC10plus network entry on the new Convergence Conversation website. If you are a member of that site do please link to the DC10plus network page - and if you aren't yet you might find it an interesting site to register for to promote what you are doing locally and to raise the profile of the wealth of work that is happening across the country. It is easy to import blogs and export data from the site to other social networking sites. This site is growing in user numbers and already has some interesting Blog entries from a huge range of individuals and groups. Please click here to view our network page     More...

 

DC10plus Network Response to the interim Digital Britain Report.

 

 The DC10plus network welcomes the positive statements the interim Digital Britain Report has made with regard to addressing the Digital Inclusion agenda.  The DC10plus network believes that the social, economic and environmental benefits of a truly Digital Britain should be available to all, and that gaps are closed rather than widened. We are also concerned that Digital Britain provides the same boldness in vision and action with respect to digital planning and infrastructure that previous generations did with utilities and transport. More...

This blog contains the running thoughts about a new project that The RSA is currently exploring. The project is concerned with the role that design for behaviour change can play in society. For view this blog, please visit: http://rsadesignbehaviour.wordpress.com/

Paul McGahon, member of the Cross-Government Digital Inclusion Team, describes how myguide has busted the myths surrounding digital exclusion, and how it can now help local authorities and partnerships bring inclusion to their communities.Read more at Dc10plus: http://www.dc10plus.net/resources/Document5410