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How not to launch a Council mobile app – Wolverhampton City Council

Posted on April 23, 2013 by James Clarke — 12 Comments ↓

A personal view on the failings of Wolverhampton City Council’s new iOS app launch.

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Follow @wolvesplanning for Wolverhampton planning alerts via Twitter

Posted on July 6, 2012 by James Clarke — No Comments ↓

Frustrated by not being able to subscribe to planning alerts on Wolverhampton City Council’s website, I have created @WolvesPlanning on Twitter.

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Express & Star using Creative Commons photo without attribution

Posted on April 27, 2012 by James Clarke — 3 Comments ↓

Not content with failing to credit hyperlocal blogs whose stories they pinch, the Express & Star now seem to think that Creative Commons licenses on photos don’t apply to them either.

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Why Coldplay’s boycott of Spotify hurts musicians, labels and fans

Posted on October 27, 2011 by James Clarke — 2 Comments ↓

Whilst Coldplay have their reasons and it would appear their label EMI are not best pleased, I feel that the decision to not stream the album on popular services hurts everyone; the band, label, and fans.

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Schools fingerprinting 11 year olds? Not vericool in my opinion.

Posted on July 12, 2011 by James Clarke — No Comments ↓

TBK is due to start secondary school in September and there is a big issue that Steph and I have been struggling with regarding his new school and their fingerprinting of pupils to use a ‘cashless’ catering system.

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