Digital by Default

The ‘Github for Government’ was interesting if not really what I was expecting from the description. Part of the problem is that I think that while there are clearly some parallels between open source and open data there were less than Ben from Github seemed to be suggesting and thus the premise was a bit…

Despite being good last night and leaving the pub at a decent hour I still managed to be late this morning and as such missed the start of the Anil Dash opening keynote 😦 (luckily its available online – though there is some dead space at the start ) I did show up in time…

I’ll admit my only real understanding of the concept of ‘science fairs’ comes from a mild addiction when I was younger to shows of the ‘Saved by the Bell’ genre. So any such event without Screech is a little bit of a let down. The #mozfest version is however something to behold. There were apparently…

This years Mozilla Festival kicks off on Friday with its traditional ‘science fair’ evening reception. I missed last years Mozilla Festival but I am a veteran of the original outing in Barcelona (then called Drumbeat) and also the first one at Ravensbourne in London. I’m not really a hack day kind of guy but have…