No messages for anyone – Twitter, Herzog and Stephen Fry

Amongst the latest blogs to be posted at the bloggers’ circle, I was particularly interested in a piece by Blog for Prestolee on social intimacy and twitter. Prestolee outlines how the intimacy of regular contacts between ordinary people has been eroded in today’s increasingly dislocated society and as a consequence, the quality of our daily [...]

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Learning to be more innovative

I’ve recently attended a couple of sessions exploring innovation organised by the Young Foundation as part of the London Collaborative.  At the first Geoff Mulgan spoke about how social innovations happen, what is it that makes them grow and become successful.  He mentioned the foundation’s social innovation exchange and that President Obama has set up [...]

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Bloggers’ Circle – a round-up

A while back I mentioned about a bloggers’ circle being set up by Matthew Cain.  I’m pleased to say that the initiative with RSA backing is now up and running.  If you would like to find out more about the bloggers’ circle, the details are on a recent posting by Matthew Taylor. The idea of [...]

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The answer to the question is scrutiny

I went this morning to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers to hear John Denhan, the Secretary of State for Communities, launching a new Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation document, Strengthening local democracy. I gathered that it was a hastily arranged and low key launch and while Chris Leslie of the New Local [...]

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Losing the personal touch

This year’s Dorchester Lecture was given by Robert Winston, the medical scientist and broadcaster. One of the issues that Lord Winston raised in his speech is the use of technology by today’s doctors. Lord Winston suggsted that doctors are losing the ability to assess patients in person. Rather than contact with the patient being the [...]

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