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An Italian Case Study: Fatequalcosa.it 23 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Despite being home to the beautiful La Fiorita festival, one man still believes the authorities could do more to fix street problems in his part of Italy. Platforms existed in Venice and across other ...
Subscribing to FixMyStreet problems within your council or ward 22 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
Did you know that you can subscribe to FixMyStreet alerts within a chosen area? Like most mySociety sites*, FixMyStreet lets you subscribe to the content that is most meaningful to you, for free. The...
Event report: Choosing the right data presentation method for your organisation 20 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
In this series of talks, we’re exploring how organisations can present data meaningfully and accessibly – and how to maximise the benefits, both for themselves and for their stakeholders. If you are ...
Informing 50,000 people 19 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
This month, our Freedom of Information site WhatDoTheyKnow passed a significant milestone: 50,000 registered users. That doesn’t mean that 50,000 people have used the site to send a request for infor...
Co-brands, code additions and pull requests 16 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
More and more people are starting to build websites to help people become more powerful in their civic and democratic lives. Some of these are on codebases that mySociety has created which is so great...
Wednesday night is hack night 15 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
Our first hack night at Mozilla London was a lot of fun. We found the space really conducive, with loads going on, but equally, room to sit and work or collaborate. Although there’s no obligation to...
Asking for information in the face of silence 13 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Last week we saw what it’s like running an Alaveteli site in New Zealand, which has had an established Freedom of Information law for 30 years. Meanwhile, there’s a very different picture in Spain, w...
Pombola, a new name for Mzalendo 9 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
We’ve got some exciting news at mySociety. As you know we’ve been helping with the Kenyan Mzalendo website for a while now. And, we’ve been lucky enough to gather interest in Mzalendo‘s codebase from...
FixMyStreet: aligned with your council’s aims 9 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
When we built FixMyStreet in 2006, our primary focus was to create a tool for citizens. We wanted to make it easy, quick, and effective to report street problems, even if the user had no prior knowled...
Wednesday hacknights at Mozilla London 8 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
From the 14th of August onwards, our Wednesday hacknights will be at Mozilla London, in (very) central London. Mozilla is well-known as the creator of the Firefox browser, but you may not be aware th...
