Category Archives: IT

Bristol City Council don't know what day of the week it is. No, really …

Posted on January 14, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger
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Tidings of comfort and joy

Posted on December 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A city council press release slips out under the cover of the Christmas break. Already flagged by Lib Dem Cabinet Member, Mark Wright, on this blog, we’re being told “Council takes action to safeguard privacy”. Potentially good news then as … Continue reading →

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Turning the tables on the surveillance society: can we find out what they've been looking at on the internet?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Chris Hutt draws our attention to an “interesting” Freedom of Information request. So can it be done? Can we find out what the great, the good, the powerful – the people that run our lives – are doing on the … Continue reading →

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Something for the weekend no. 2: sponsorship news

Posted on October 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Are times really that tough down at the Counts Louse? Or have the Lib Dems found a new way to fill the party coffers? Because it seems that the space available on the council’s website for the next cabinet meeting … Continue reading →

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Netiquette: take care before pressing that 'Send' button …

Posted on October 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Or your private email message may end up all over the internet: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gagging_orders_in_secret_family_177#incoming-49653 Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Recession Watch: jobs losses at HP Bristol next?

Posted on May 29, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

From The Register, some potentially BIG economic news for the city: HP has confirmed that yesterday’s announcement of UK job cuts will not just hit its manufacturing plant in Scotland, but also HP’s research laboratories in Bristol. The firm will … Continue reading →

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Court circular #4

Posted on May 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Thanks to reader Overayard, we have some more news on the latest ludicrous private sector CONsultant to board the Counts Louse gravy train, Mark Fletcher. Fletcher is a senior partner at the fashionable (ie. expensive) PR and communications agency ‘Reputation’. … Continue reading →

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Court circular #2

Posted on May 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Murky Depths writes … You may be interested to know that at a meeting I attended earlier this year the esteemed Mr House (Deputy Chief Exec) made a BIG show of the fact that he ‘doesn’t do email‘, saying that … Continue reading →

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"The mad world of New Labour's efficiency drive"

Posted on April 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Interesting article from the Observer’s Management Editor Simon Caulkin on efficiency savings of the type currently favoured by Bristol City Council through their freakishly weird ‘Customer Excellence Programme‘ (pdf). After a brief meditation on the nature of madness, Caulkin comes … Continue reading →

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That Biggles/Fox email exchange in full …

Posted on April 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Just arrived back from a notorious South Bristol boozer where an exchange of a number of used £20 notes for emails has successfully taken place. The Bristol Blogger is therefore pleased to present that Ashley Fox/”Biggles” Popham email exchange in … Continue reading →

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