Comments for Observations http://wmro.wordpress.com Insight, commentary and pointers to data and intelligence about the West Midlands region Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/observations-commentshttp://feedburner.google.com Comment on Innovation and the recession: innovation workshop day 19th March 2009 by Bettina http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/o25mqTIRoPY/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:56:23 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=1816#comment-1597 Thankyou for this marvellous post, I am glad I detected this internet site on yahoo !

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/innovation-and-the-recession-innovation-workshop-day-19th-march-2009/#comment-1597 Comment on Speakers and slides: roundup of ‘Open data: challenges and opportunities’ by Speakers and slides: roundup of ‘Open data: challenges and opportunities’ « This Much I Don't Know http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/fKvhESCA6xw/ Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:40:12 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=6525#comment-1593 [...] Presentations and audio all here. [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/speakers-and-slides-roundup-of-open-data-challenges-and-opportunities/#comment-1593 Comment on Request for help from hyperlocals by Oliver Nicholls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/RZosPslZk1o/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:17:56 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=7323#comment-1588 Thanks both for your help

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/request-for-help-from-hyperlocals/#comment-1588 Comment on Request for help from hyperlocals by Added to Creative Stoke, 24th January 2011 « Creative Stoke newsfeed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/b7lXwtRgYxM/ Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:01:25 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=7323#comment-1587 [...] 24.01.11    Oliver Nicholls is currently on secondment with Big Lottery Fund’s West Midlands team, helping with the ‘Big Local’ work. He wants to know of any hyperlocal blogs or blogging / social media surgeries serving Chell Heath & Fegg Hays in Stoke-on-Trent. Know any? Contact Oliver here. [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/request-for-help-from-hyperlocals/#comment-1587 Comment on Request for help from hyperlocals by Gavin Wray http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/cE1GETIGZBY/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:20:34 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=7323#comment-1583 OpenlyLocal has a directory of hyperlocal sites in UK and Ireland, which you can browse by postcode:

http://openlylocal.com/hyperlocal_sites

For social media surgeries, you could try http://www.socialmediasurgery.com – on the home page you can enter a postcode to see if there is a surgery nearby.

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/request-for-help-from-hyperlocals/#comment-1583 Comment on Local names for Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) by Diane Edwards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/gYt2PmEVuYE/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:26:19 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=1397#comment-1582 Graham,
I have tried to extend my list of Local Names to all of England on behalf of the UK Association of Cancer Registries. So far this has yielded a few additions to ONS ‘official list’ but by no means a complete list. The other problem with this kind of harvested list is that each local authority that has provided them have applied different naming conventions and have different field lengths. I am happy to share what I have.

I have asked ONS Geography through its User Group to pick up this piece of work and whilst receiving a broadly positive response I get the feeling it is not considered high priority. Requests from other users may help to raise the importance of local names.

Regards
Diane

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/local-names-for-msoas/#comment-1582 Comment on Local names for Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) by Graham Smith http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/SENMCfEdaVE/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:37:45 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=1397#comment-1581 Hi,
Is anyone aware of this same exercise being undertaken in other parts of the country?

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/local-names-for-msoas/#comment-1581 Comment on The future of the Observatory by Regional Observatory up for sale « D'log http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/esAv8T-vLts/ Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:30:23 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=7304#comment-1548 [...] to buy a slightly worn Regional Observatory? Ahead of its abolition, Advantage West Midlands is seeking a buyer for the regional research and statistics analysis unit. ← [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/the-future-of-the-observatory/#comment-1548 Comment on Local Enterprise Partnerships approved by Local Enterprise Partnerships need to act to reinvigorate the private sector « Observations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/Gn1wlx67L_Q/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:13:08 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=7125#comment-1539 [...] Local Enterprise Partnerships being established to succeed Advantage West Midlands, the Regional Development Agency, will need to [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/local-enterprise-partnerships-approved/#comment-1539 Comment on What’s your vision of a low carbon future? by New Fit for the Future articles published: what’s your vision of a low carbon future? « Observations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/2Mhu3xG8_os/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:03:07 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=6336#comment-1513 [...] launched a new website as part of our Fit for the Future project. Earlier this year we asked: In your view, what would a successful low carbon economy look like and how should the West [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/whats-your-vision-of-a-low-carbon-future/#comment-1513 Comment on Local enterprise partnership proposals announced by Gavin Wray http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/TwUJofeqHM0/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:44:18 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=6869#comment-1503 I’ve updated the post with a link to the Black Country’s proposal:

http://www.wmleadersboard.gov.uk/media/upload/Economy%20&%20Skills/Black%20Country%20LEP.pdf

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/local-enterprise-partnership-proposals-announced/#comment-1503 Comment on Local enterprise partnership proposals announced by Gavin Wray http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/mz4eMBgsk7U/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:31:06 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=6869#comment-1487 More details about the surprise overarching proposal from Business Voice West Midlands covered in the Birmingham Post:

http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2010/09/09/cracks-appear-in-lep-bids-after-business-voice-seeks-regional-role-65233-27234858/

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/local-enterprise-partnership-proposals-announced/#comment-1487 Comment on The new optimists by The New Optimists out in the world . . .The New Optimists – a popular science book | The New Optimists - a popular science book http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/o7-IW40GSZU/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:23:12 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=6512#comment-1483 [...] you, Alex Jones who wrote about us in Created in Birmingham and Oliver Nicholls did likewise in the WMRO blog. And thanks, too, to Nick Booth who in the podnosh blog, described his first meeting with me; he [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/the-new-optimists/#comment-1483 Comment on Observatory map featured in top 10 government data visualisations and applications by Welcome to this month’s edition of the InstantAtlas E-Bulletin « data visualization software for data intelligence professionals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/w2j_ojvdeJg/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:41:41 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=5200#comment-1479 [...] month InstantAtlas customer the West Midlands Regional Observatory was listed as one of the top ten UK government data visualisation sites in the online guardian blog [...]

]]> http://wmro.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/observatory-map-featured-in-top-10-government-data-visualisations-and-applications/#comment-1479 Comment on Consultation on English Indices of Deprivation by martin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/observations-comments/~3/vLZSaCntmq4/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:15:48 +0000 http://wmro.wordpress.com/?p=5633#comment-1469 Hi Rob,

Unfortunately, I’ve asked around and none of my colleagues are aware of any update on this at present.

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