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@mikenolan is that @stedaniels in the foreground? http://bit.ly/9cMNV6
– Andy Davies (zedzdead) http://twitter.com/zedzdead/statuses/13129900440 -
This is damn cool.
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Tonight I've been watching @stuartmaconie at @edgehill. More photos tomorrow. http://flic.kr/p/7XiPmG
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@MikeNolan http://twitpic.com/1jeow7
– Ste Daniels (stedaniels) http://twitter.com/stedaniels/statuses/13077263936 -
Now web designers and developers can join the iPhone app party without having to learn Cocoa's Objective-C programming language. It's true: You can write iPhone apps quickly and efficiently using your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This book shows you how with lots of detailed examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on exercises.
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My response to #WLancs Conservative PPC's refusal to complete TheyWorkForYou survey: http://j.mp/cMJ1c1
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RT @mysociety: Guardian article on our survey "Conservative candidates refuse to answer questions about their views" http://bit.ly/dabDti
Month: April 2010
Dear Mr Owens
Dear Mr Owens,
Thank you for your letter dated 26th April in response to my suggestion that you look into completing the survey from TheyWorkForYou. I noticed the Guardian today published a story about how a number of Conservative PPCs have refused to answer the questionnaire:
Many Conservatives had explained their failure to answer using an identical phrase: “Surveys like this can often simplify policies too far and might not properly represent the nuances of party policies.”
I’m sure you (and the other candidates who said this) have a point but I believe it’s missing the bigger issue at play. That is, if you wish to involve the public in government – the “Big Society” if you will – then being able to express your ideas in new ways that are more accessible to your electorate is essential.
The Conservative party have said some very encouraging things about using new technologies to “crowd source” policies yet when one comes along it is shunned.
On the specific issue of the survey from TheyWorkForYou, it has space for you to add comments for each question to go into more detail of your views. Maybe an alternative would be for me to meet you in person, record your answers on video and I’ll publish it online – that way you can get your message across in your own words?
Yours sincerely,
Michael Nolan
links for 2010-04-29
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Won't be able to make it into Liverpool this evening for #leadersdebate Instead I'll be watching with @edgehill students: http://j.mp/cXZ9hU
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This just went past my window at @edgehill. I have no idea what's going on. http://flic.kr/p/7XbKLv
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Only one PPC for #WLancs has completed survey for http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ #ge2010 >>> Read Tory refusal: http://j.mp/bP6msh
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Very odd email campaign from Prodo (@MarketingDigi) jumping on the @nick_clegg bandwagon. http://flic.kr/p/7Xbg6k
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At the VCs termly address. http://flic.kr/p/7X9nsR
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Just in case anyone was stumped by the "good Aids bad Aids" reference, it's Brass Eye brilliance: http://bit.ly/UVIwe
– Jemima Kiss (jemimakiss) http://twitter.com/jemimakiss/statuses/13057147070 -
RT @mattcutts: Oregon looks to save $1.5 million/year by going Google: http://goo.gl/PwjN
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The pudgy-faced opportunist reveals his true self. Taken from Armando Iannucci's Time Trumpet (2006).
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@beerspotr pint:wandle 5/5 brewery:sambrooks pub:breelouise http://flic.kr/p/7X1io8
links for 2010-04-28
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RT @samsworldofno: All about hung parliaments: http://bit.ly/cqy8lF Prof Robert Hazell brings the boring astonishingly well.
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#iwmw10 #P2 "Are web managers still needed when everyone is a web 'expert'?"… Yes, now move along, please! http://j.mp/a8KuAf
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Quite a bit of detail in there.
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"Take a moment to marvel at the fact that I didn't need to add anything to the story as it has been told in the media. All it really needed was Wally. I don't think any of us will ever know what really happened. I based the comic on the media's speculation of events. Remember that I'm in the parody business and not the truth business."
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Another post from the 1968 Liverpool @DailyPostNews supplement: http://bit.ly/cnd0lK today looking at changing map of Lancashire.
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#WLancs Conservative PPC Adrian Owens refuses to complete TheyWorkForYou survey: http://j.mp/bP6msh
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Can I resist the tempation of the ice cream van? http://flic.kr/p/7WNCQu
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For any of you that are in my social network of friends on Facebook or Twitter, you might have noticed that I have been rather active on Foursquare lately. Ok, that is a real understatement, I’m a complete addict. I’ve gone so far as creating a whole website with all the hard to find Foursquare badge information.
Adrian Owens, Conservative PPC for West Lancashire rejects TheyWorkForYou
This evening I received a letter from Adrian Owens, Conservative PPC for West Lancashire refusing to complete the survey sent to all candidates by TheyWorkForYou:
So John Gibson, Rosie Cooper, David Braid, Peter Craine and Damon Noone – I challenge you to complete the survey!
links for 2010-04-27
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Some interesting demonstrations of stuff you can do to OS data with PHP.
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Article about @edgehill from a 1968 Liverpool @DailyPostNews supplement: http://j.mp/b7EK6S
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RT @gavinmontague: Genuine, actual, almost crying lols.
http://i.imgur.com/FbFAn.jpg
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@MikeNolan hey there, I found some nice hotels in Nottingham, check them out. Wish u a great trip! http://bit.ly/4y2o0d
– David Livingstone (Livingstone4U) http://twitter.com/Livingstone4U/statuses/12906270664 -
RT @tom_watson: “It is my job to see that Cameron fu****g well gets into Downing Street” – political editor of the Sun: http://bit.ly/9Kapls
links for 2010-04-26
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RT @qwghlm: Unfortunate Cameron photo http://ow.ly/i/1g5M – I LOLed (via @tarrynblackwood)
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"The BBC has been beta testing a new homepage design – and I couldn't help but notice something rather special about it. It appears that, finally, the BBC has accepted that the top-level navigation for the site should be news, sport, weather, TV and radio."
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My "live" alter ego "@MikeNolanLive" is h/t by @briankelly – http://bit.ly/aHXdax – it's been a while since my last live tweeting session.
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RT @zedzdead: One of the most unbiased vids around at the moment: http://bit.ly/9Hmvb9
links for 2010-04-25
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RT @datastore: Larry Elliott explains: What has happened to the UK's economy? http://bit.ly/a04o8N
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Reading ok cupid's excellent blog entry, "why you should never pay for online dating" – http://ur1.ca/ww9u
– Ian Forrester (cubicgarden) http://twitter.com/cubicgarden/statuses/12788416341 -
@beerspotr pint:wainwright brewery:thwaites pub:stanleyarms 4.1% http://flic.kr/p/7VZXqU
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@beerspotr pint:kingfisher pub:passagetoindia http://flic.kr/p/7VXYt7
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RT @barrymcgee: How does Yahoo allow this site to still be live? http://bit.ly/dxHwFK
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@MikeNolan Yep, shut down at the start of this week http://bit.ly/d3Bmgn
– Barry McGee (barrymcgee) http://twitter.com/barrymcgee/statuses/12770907105 -
Have Facebook disabled http://lite.facebook.com/ ? Stopped working for me a few weeks ago.
links for 2010-04-24
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Why f8 was good for the open web http://oreil.ly/cXv1Cb I trust @daveman692 so this post is heartening.
– Tim O'Reilly (timoreilly) http://twitter.com/timoreilly/statuses/12738331842
links for 2010-04-23
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Crazy stuff possible with HTML5.
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"In Britain today, the liberal-left are not just a silent majority: they are a silenced majority. But in this election campaign, the forces shutting them out and breaking them up have been exposed, for a flickering moment. Do we want to go back?"
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RT @edgehill125: 125 by 125: Caption competition http://bit.ly/btBCCQ
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Chrome suddenly switched to US keyboard layout. Pressing Alt-Shift fixes it.
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"TAG is a realistic guide to what it is like to be a student at UCLan and that means warts and all."
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"Will Murdoch lose Britain?" Interesting story about Rebekah Brooks: http://bit.ly/9MEucv Will not be reported unless we RT /via @tom_watson
– Tim Beadle (t1mmyb) http://twitter.com/t1mmyb/statuses/12644905857