40 things posted by Dave Carter
Green Digital Charter starts to take shape
Posted on June 24, 2009 in climate change, eurocities, green digital.
I’m currently in Malmo at the Eurocities Environment Forum where, amongst a wide range of discussions on cities tackling climate change, we are discussing how the digital agenda needs to go green. These discussions are bringing together city decision makers from a very wide range of interests, including environment, energy, regeneration, planning, engineering and ICT. We [...]
Europe going Next Generation Broadband everywhere, except in the UK (yet!!)
Posted on June 24, 2009 in CBN, fibre, manchester's fibre project, the corridor.
On Monday and Tuesday this week we hosted a two day event on how we could, and must, get Next Generation Broadband in the UK. It was organised by the Community Broadband Network (CBN) to ensure that there was some immediate follow-up to the Digital Britain report with a new strategy for community led action. This included [...]
Big Chipper
Posted on June 24, 2009 in big chip awards, Manchester Digital.
One of the best “Big Chip” awards ever was the general verdict on the event last week as far as I could tell, I certainly thought so. In spite of genuine concerns about the current economic downturn most people seem to be doing OK at the moment and, either way, were determined to enjoy themselves [...]
Iceland shows the way on green energy
Posted on June 24, 2009 in eurocities, green energy, iceland, reykjavik, telecities.
I had the chance to visit Iceland again a couple of weeks ago for the Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum meeting, what we all know as ‘Telecities’. Apart from the fact that it is an amazing place, scenery, environment, ambiance etc., with great people and very interesting recent political developments with a radical left-green government elected in [...]
Manchester in New York
Posted on May 20, 2009 in award, dave carter, icf, mdda, new york.
Last week I was lucky enough to be in New York for a few days at the international conference of the Intelligent Communities Forum – ICF – on “Broadband Economies” – there is more info on the ICF website. Not only was this a great opportunity to meet up with cities from all over the [...]
Launching the Institute for Social Media – i4SM
Posted on May 5, 2009 in digital cooperatives, i4SM, institute for social media, MBS.
We had the first of our launch events for the new Institute for Social Media – i4SM – at Manchester Business School (MBS) this afternoon with friends and colleagues from across Greater Manchester, including the University of Manchester, University of Salford, Media City, Marketing Manchester, Sharp Factory, Manchester Digital, Cornerhouse, Radio Regen, Knowledge Capital, Creative [...]
May 1st 2009, Accelerando
Posted on May 1, 2009 in accelerando, fibre to the premises, manchester.
One of my favourite recent books is ‘Accelerando’ by Charles Stross, one of a great new wave of UK science fiction writers who are considering the impact of the digital age and just how near that “singularity” might be. See the book The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology which is a 2005 update of Raymond [...]
May 1st 2009 – New May Day, New Start
Posted on April 26, 2009 in Digital Br, Mayday, social media.
It’s been a few weeks coming but we now have the new Blog ready to go, or at least we will have when we relaunch on Friday May 1st. I’ve always been a great fan of May Day, even through we’re just about the only country in the world to celebrate it on the nearest [...]
A Green and Digital Future? Eurocities in Manchester
Posted on March 27, 2009 in eurocities, Events, green, manchester, technology.
Delegates from over 50 cities across Europe will be meeting in Manchester Town Hall to discuss the idea of a Green Digital Charter which will set out opportunities for using digital technologies in more dynamic and innovative ways to tackle climate change, especially through improved energy efficiency.
Next Generation Broadband Launched
Posted on March 24, 2009 in broadband, oxford road.
A few words on the launch of the Next Generation Broadband project of the Kro in Oxford Street.
