It's about 7:30 am on Monday morning here in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. I took these photos (click to enlarge) of downtown about a half hour ago just as the sun was coming up and I was heading to one of my favorite local coffeehouses where I often work in the mornings. I had a [...]

Saturday night upon my return from Cambridge, I got together with Mike Alderson, former Detective Superintendent at the Home Office (akin to our FBI with some Dept of Justice functions). Mike retired from his post there last year and now has his own consulting firm called Open Eye Communications with a weblog "Where thoughts, theories [...]

I took the train to Cambridge in the UK yesterday to visit Northfielders Betsey Buckheit (former blogging planning commissioner), husband Justin London (Carleton music prof) and daughter Elizabeth who’ve been there since Sept. Justin received a Fullbright to do research there for the year. I took the opportunity to do another show for our [...]

Last Thursday at the local e-gov EXPO National Conference and Exhibition in London, we recorded the first show of a podcast for the new International Centre of Excellence for Local e-Democracy.

L to R: Project Manager Fraser Henderson and CEO Isobel Harding with me moderating.

Click play to listen (19 minutes), download the MP3 File, [...]

Carol Hayward, Local e-Democracy Project Manager, and Stephen Hilton, blogger and Corporate Consultation Manager, Bristol City Council.

Stephen Hilton and Carol Hayward invited to a going away party for a colleague at The LLandager Trow in Bristol tonight. This pub has quite the history. See the wikipedia entry.

Taunton Deane District Borough Councillor and blogger Gwyneth Leighton took this 40 second videoclip of me presenting today. Click play to listen/watch. Right: Gwyneth in front of council headquarters.

Tauton Deane District Borough Councillor and blogger Gwyneth Leighton with IT manager Simon Kirkham.

Not much time to blog (my mobile's not working) but Isobel, Fraser and I recorded our first podcast this morning at the ExCel. Hope to have it posted later tonight. It's almost 6 pm and I'm about to leave Waterloo East for a long trip to Taunton tonight. Alas, I never made it to my [...]

Mary Reid, Kingston Councillor and Local e-Democracy Chair, and Isobel Harding, Local e-Democracy Lead and now the Chief Executive Officer of the new International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy, received a recognition plaque last night from Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Minister for Local e-Government the celebration dinner at The Painted [...]

Tonight, we're going to the Local e-Gov Celebration Dinner at The Painted Hall ("probably the finest dining hall in the Western world") at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.  See the BBC's 360 degree panorama view of The Painted Hall. Jeesh. No wonder it's black-tie. (Note to self: bring extra camera batteries.) [...]