by Tom | Dec 16, 2004 | Reading
The R Project for Statistical Computing looks interesting. We’ve just been struggling with Microsoft’s MapPoint – so much that we’re ditching it in favour of Maps on Tap.
by Tom | Dec 16, 2004 | Reading
Interesting research on consulting salaries from BLT. They appear to be based on what applications through BLT claim on their CVs, rather than survey information. I don’t know how this affects the accuracy, but they seem reasonable. Interesting that my first...
by Tom | Dec 16, 2004 | Government
96% of government services will be available online by 2005. Interesting factoid: there are 657 services identified across the whole of central government: this is equivalent to the services provided by one (large) local authority.
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Reading
The Grauniad reports that a US campaign is behind the turmoil in Kiev. A difficult call this one. I’d rather non-violent protest using elections than removing unwanted administrations through force, but should the US engineer the result it wants? It’s a...
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Reading
Interesting peek into the future in Korea. People don’t like using email becauseThe reasons given for shunning email are that it’s impossible to tell whether an addressee has received a message right away and replies are not immediately forthcoming. Still...
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Government
Tameside signs LPSA v2 keeping them well in front of most other councils. Not much on e-gov in the targets, but plenty of money / rewards for meeting them.
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Government
Have a look at the Scottish Executive’s own Gershon targets.
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Government
Some questions as to whether eBay is really a sensible model for civic discourse.We’re building an eBay type service on one of our projects, so this is semi-relevant.
by Tom | Nov 30, 2004 | Science
The Grauniad notes an article in New Scientist based around funky science-related things to do before you die, like turn yourself into a diamond.
by Tom | Nov 29, 2004 | Science
If this is true, it’s a truly wonderful application of science. A little too late for Christopher Reeve, though. Shame.
