Comments for mySociety http://www.mysociety.org Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Event to discuss TheyWorkForYou in Parliament Tomorrow by gennickKTHTTW http://www.mysociety.org/2006/11/06/event-to-discuss-theyworkforyou-in-parliament-tomorrow/#comment-36650 gennickKTHTTW Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:54:11 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2006/11/06/event-to-discuss-theyworkforyou-in-parliament-tomorrow/#comment-36650 ОБУЧАЕМ ВЫИГРЫВАТЬ В КАЗИНО - ПОКЕР. БЛЭК ДЖЕК. БАККАРА. РУЛЕТКА. ТЕХНИКА ИГРОВОЙ ИНТУИЦИИ. наш сайт: academygames.net +7-915-05-111-50 Программа обучения составлена max-доступно для ее понимания и освоения. Оплата за обучение по факту полученных знаний. ОБУЧАЕМ ВЫИГРЫВАТЬ В КАЗИНО - ПОКЕР. БЛЭК ДЖЕК. БАККАРА. РУЛЕТКА.
ТЕХНИКА ИГРОВОЙ ИНТУИЦИИ. наш сайт: academygames.net +7-915-05-111-50
Программа обучения составлена max-доступно для ее понимания и освоения.
Оплата за обучение по факту полученных знаний.

]]> Comment on mySociety and Democracy Essay Pt. 1 by Braban http://www.mysociety.org/2006/08/16/mysociety-and-democracy-essay-pt-1/#comment-36479 Braban Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:37:49 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=254#comment-36479 А сколько стоит у вас разместить рекламный пост? А сколько стоит у вас разместить рекламный пост?

]]> Comment on TheyWorkForYou upgrade request comes via Early Day Motion by Robert Whittaker http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/19/theyworkforyou-upgrade-request-comes-via-early-day-motion/#comment-36335 Robert Whittaker Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:36 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=951#comment-36335 The inference I got from reading that EDM, is that they'd like EDMs to be part of TWFY because they think a lot of people are using it and would like the users of TWFY to be able to see the EDMs their MPs are signing. As an MP you'd presumably be in favour of this if you think the public's view of your EDM 'record' would be 'above average'... Maybe mySociety could commit to adding EDMs to TWFY if Parliament were to provide a convenient API/feed to allow the data to be grabbed with as little effort as possible. This would then provide another opportunity for MPs to encourage the House Authorities to provide data in useful formats. The inference I got from reading that EDM, is that they’d like EDMs to be part of TWFY because they think a lot of people are using it and would like the users of TWFY to be able to see the EDMs their MPs are signing. As an MP you’d presumably be in favour of this if you think the public’s view of your EDM ‘record’ would be ‘above average’…

Maybe mySociety could commit to adding EDMs to TWFY if Parliament were to provide a convenient API/feed to allow the data to be grabbed with as little effort as possible. This would then provide another opportunity for MPs to encourage the House Authorities to provide data in useful formats.

]]> Comment on TheyWorkForYou upgrade request comes via Early Day Motion by Simon Dickson http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/19/theyworkforyou-upgrade-request-comes-via-early-day-motion/#comment-36136 Simon Dickson Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:29 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=951#comment-36136 What's wrong with the existing EDM database? Granted, it's not pretty or API-able, but it works. I can see details of all the EDMs an MP has signed and tabled, hence meeting the stated objective of the EDM in question. Sure, an RSS feed would be nice, but there are bigger fish out there waiting to be fried. What’s wrong with the existing EDM database? Granted, it’s not pretty or API-able, but it works. I can see details of all the EDMs an MP has signed and tabled, hence meeting the stated objective of the EDM in question. Sure, an RSS feed would be nice, but there are bigger fish out there waiting to be fried.

]]> Comment on What does it take to get FixMyStreet to post reports directly into a council CRM? One good public servant. by Steven Flower http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/12/first-council-lets-fixmystreet-post-straight-to-the-crm/#comment-35362 Steven Flower Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:47:27 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=943#comment-35362 This is great news Imagine an alternative A-Z on council websites being populated with an A-Z of local authority APIs... This is great news

Imagine an alternative A-Z on council websites being populated with an A-Z of local authority APIs…

]]> Comment on Lazyweb - decent one off faxing service by Tom Steinberg http://www.mysociety.org/2008/10/31/lazyweb-decent-one-off-faxing-service/#comment-33956 Tom Steinberg Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:44:04 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=922#comment-33956 Gary - because developers, even lovely mySociety developers, cost a lot more than make it possibly to justify using their time to send a single fax! Thanks to everyone else for the tips, I'll come back here next time and try one then. Tom Gary - because developers, even lovely mySociety developers, cost a lot more than make it possibly to justify using their time to send a single fax!

Thanks to everyone else for the tips, I’ll come back here next time and try one then.

Tom

]]> Comment on What does it take to get FixMyStreet to post reports directly into a council CRM? One good public servant. by Martin Greenwood http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/12/first-council-lets-fixmystreet-post-straight-to-the-crm/#comment-33916 Martin Greenwood Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:56:56 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=943#comment-33916 Thsi is very encouraging and shows what can be done to makes things really easy for the citizen. This might find its way into the BC2009 report! Martin Greenwood Editor of Better connected Thsi is very encouraging and shows what can be done to makes things really easy for the citizen. This might find its way into the BC2009 report!

Martin Greenwood
Editor of Better connected

]]> Comment on What does it take to get FixMyStreet to post reports directly into a council CRM? One good public servant. by Stuart Grimshaw http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/12/first-council-lets-fixmystreet-post-straight-to-the-crm/#comment-33914 Stuart Grimshaw Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:20:02 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=943#comment-33914 It was when I last used FixMyStreet to report some dumped beer barrels that prompted me to write this entry on my blog: http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/councils-should-concentrate-on-providing-data-not-services-on-their-websites/ The council used the fact that FixMyStreet had experienced some difficulties to try and justify why I should have reported the problem through their website. What they failed to realise was that the problem DID get fixed vix FixMyStreet and the reason I used it was because their own behemoth of a website was too complicated and I didn't know which department I had to report it to. FixMyStreet removed that problem. It was when I last used FixMyStreet to report some dumped beer barrels that prompted me to write this entry on my blog:

http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/councils-should-concentrate-on-providing-data-not-services-on-their-websites/

The council used the fact that FixMyStreet had experienced some difficulties to try and justify why I should have reported the problem through their website.

What they failed to realise was that the problem DID get fixed vix FixMyStreet and the reason I used it was because their own behemoth of a website was too complicated and I didn’t know which department I had to report it to. FixMyStreet removed that problem.

]]> Comment on What does it take to get FixMyStreet to post reports directly into a council CRM? One good public servant. by Francis Irving http://www.mysociety.org/2008/11/12/first-council-lets-fixmystreet-post-straight-to-the-crm/#comment-33802 Francis Irving Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:26:28 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=943#comment-33802 A quick note that, as all mySociety software, the FixMyStreet side is open source. Here is the file describing the East Hampshire web service: https://secure.mysociety.org/cvstrac/rlog?f=mysociety/bci/perllib/EastHantsWSDL.pm And the code that calls that is in post_easthants_message in this file: https://secure.mysociety.org/cvstrac/rlog?f=mysociety/bci/bin/send-reports A quick note that, as all mySociety software, the FixMyStreet side is open source.

Here is the file describing the East Hampshire web service:

https://secure.mysociety.org/cvstrac/rlog?f=mysociety/bci/perllib/EastHantsWSDL.pm

And the code that calls that is in post_easthants_message in this file:

https://secure.mysociety.org/cvstrac/rlog?f=mysociety/bci/bin/send-reports

]]> Comment on Lazyweb - decent one off faxing service by Gary F http://www.mysociety.org/2008/10/31/lazyweb-decent-one-off-faxing-service/#comment-33671 Gary F Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:52:58 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=922#comment-33671 Tom, doesn't one of your own websites send a fax to MPs from constituents who want to get in touch? Then why not use your own API to send your fax or build your own SendMyFax.com website using whatever you use at the moment for everyone else to use for a small fee? Tom, doesn’t one of your own websites send a fax to MPs from constituents who want to get in touch? Then why not use your own API to send your fax or build your own SendMyFax.com website using whatever you use at the moment for everyone else to use for a small fee?

]]>