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Apple, tablets and maps

So there are all kinds of rumours flying around today about apple’s immenent release of a tablet type device.
From the geo perspective there is some interesting speculation (initially based on trademarks) on the Vector 1 blog and Geek.com about a new apple mapping application (or platform) coming with it.  Do we have another disruptive mapping technology [...]

Ordnance Survey maps to be free???

The Guardian reports:

The government is to explore ways of making all Ordnance Survey maps freely available online from April…..Gordon Brown announced the change at a joint event in London today…In the new year Brown intends to publish 2,000 sets of data…

Is this too good to be true???  We will have to wait until April to [...]

Presentation from AGI North #geocom at Harrogate, UK

Here are the slides I presented.  They are all pictures, so you need to use your imagination!
Where2now – AGI North

An autumn walk in the Karwendelgebirge

Taken here.

Stephen Fry on the Y2K Panic

I really enjoyed the BBC radio programme Archive on 4 – In the Beginning Was the Nerd by Stephen Fry. It is great retrospective in the ridiculousness of the Y2K panic ten years ago and a broader reflection on society’s relationship with and attitudes to computing in the C20. I was working in Local Government [...]

Prezi.com – some experiences

So I have started to use Prezi.com (a ‘cloud’ based presentation tool) as I have been interested in any alternative to slide based presenting. The real test was my presentation at AGI Geocommunity. So far it has been well received by audiences and I am enjoying the ’single canvas’ format.  
An introduction video is here.
My thoughts [...]

Changing to the dark side…

So I have made a (rather late as usual) defection:

I went for the 15-inch 2.66GHz Mac Book Pro
So some thoughts after a few weeks are:

I feel like a poseur on the train/plane
I’ve dropped it once and it survived.  Phew!
I love the slim form (it slides into my bag nicely)
Windows 7 is really just [...]

#geocom (AGI Geocommunity) Presentation – GIS and Cloud Computing

This is a record for me, here is a copy of my presentation before I have given it…

I am using prezi.com for the 1st time, so it is a bit of an adventure…  One issue I have found is you cannot change the tittle (hence “Cloud 1 Text”  arghhhh).

#geocom (AGI Geocommunity) Live Blogging

I am about to hop on the slow train to Stratford-upon-Avon for the AGI Geocommunity event.
Thanks to John Fagan and Steven Feldman, this year there will be a live event blog on www.geocommunitylive.com which will be aggregating RSS feeds from other bloggers at the event.  It should be fun!
Now I need to finish my presentations…

Moving on…

I have decided to move on from Microsoft and Infusion.  I have had a great time with Multimap, then Microsoft (and Infusion), over the last two years and learned a load, but it is time to make a geographical and company move.
I am moving my base to Innsbruck (to spend more time in the mountains [...]