Monthly Archives: February 2008

More about the search facility on this site

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Simon Berry

      This blog uses Google’s Custom Search and this searches across all the sites that I have contributed to. These are: My personal blogwww.simonberry.net The ruralnet|online co-design sitewww.ruralnetonline.org.uk The Open Innovation Exchangewww.innovationexchange.net The Participation Ride blog (2007)blog.gpscycle.com GPScycle.com … Continue reading →

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Why I believe in Open Innovation

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Simon Berry

Another week goes by and I’ve been asked at least twice about Open Innovation. Enquiries fall into two categories. Some are from people who are really interested in the process and others are very challenging. Here is an anonymised example … Continue reading →

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Why I believe in Open Innovation

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Simon Berry

Another week goes by and I've been asked at least twice about Open Innovation. Enquiries fall into two categories. Some are from people who are really interested in the process and others are very challenging. Here is an anonymised example … Continue reading →

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Calling Jack Thurston

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Simon Berry

This is an experiment in online social networking and an explanation of how RSS works. If you are Jack Thurston of ‘The Bike Show from Resonance FM‘ fame please leave a comment. It’s also an interesting case study, particularly for … Continue reading →

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Calling Jack Thurston

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Simon Berry

This is an experiment in online social networking. If you are Jack Thurston of 'The Bike Show from Resonance FM' fame please leave a comment. It's also an interesting case study, particularly for those who are struggling to figure this … Continue reading →

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There is no such thing as free parking

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Simon Berry

I’ve just listened to a really interesting podcast from Jon Winston’s Bikescape (Episode 47, 20/10/07). It includes an interview, about 19 mins in, with Dave Snyder, Transportation Policy Director San Francisco Planning and Research and on the Board of ‘Liveable … Continue reading →

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Yesterday I spent a lot more than I earned

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Simon Berry

Just before Christmas our boiler (left) went on the blink and you couldn’t get a heating engineer for love nor money. I was secretly quite pleased. This was the opportunity to replace our 15 year old boiler with a new … Continue reading →

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There is no such thing as free parking

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Simon Berry

I've just listened to a really interesting podcast from Jon Winston's Bikescape (Episode 47, 20/10/07). It includes an interview, about 19 mins in, with Dave Snyder, Transportation Policy Director San Francisco Planning and Research and on the Board of 'Liveable … Continue reading →

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Bring your electricity meter inside the house and save money!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Simon Berry

A year or so ago, as part of ruralnet|uk‘s response to climate change, we bought two Electrisave devices for employees to borrow. They were quite expensive at the time but you can get them for about £50 now. Look on … Continue reading →

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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should (fly)

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Simon Berry

Did you see this? European railways are taking on the low-cost airlines. On 5 February Alstom unvieled its new AGV train. This is the successor to the TGV which is 25 years old and already holds the world rail speed … Continue reading →

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