It's been a couple of weeks since my last post, largely because I've been far too busy
working on this.
To make amends, here's a round-up of recent activity in a more conversational style than the usual
list of links.
The beginning of this week saw
The Society of Editors gather in Bristol for their
annual conference. The
local newspapers opposition to BBC plans to introduce video content on 65 local websites across the UK was once again
raised by Sly Bailey, although former Trinity Mirror editor
Chris Rushton had something different to say. Journalism.co.uk has a good summary on the overall discussion theme of
What next for local media?Moving away from newspapers, Ed Parsons reports on the news that
Microsoft's Windows 7 will have a core location API. How long until the question of how to let your digital world know where you are currently located in the physical world is no longer a question but almost effortless?
Still on mobiles, if you have any interest in the collection or use of live traffic data then check out
the Mobile Millennium project, an interesting collaborative project taking place in San Francisco involving Nokia, NAVTEQ, and UC Berkeley.
Andrew gives an insight into his
election night experience and also posts a recent presentation given by him and
Mikel Maron on the
Trends and Technologies in Where2.0.
Having previously mentioned the
Show Us A Better Way competition it's good to see that a number of location-related ideas are included in
the winners. I know I will be using the
Location of Postboxes service as soon as it has launched - I still don't know where my nearest box is and I've been living here for 8 months.
...that'll do for now... part 2 coming very soon, promise!
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