Archive for February, 2003
February 27th, 2003
The quickest win of all for e-democracy
Register parliament.gov.uk and point it at www.parliament.uk.
I know that there are noble, historical reasons for the separation of the legislature and the executive, but I also know that 99% of the population do not know, and should not have to care. For me, the way this is handled is like a microscosm of all the […]
February 22nd, 2003
my Mozilla project
I love mozilla. I love mozilla for the following reasons among others:
1. Type Ahead Find, now renamed Find As You Type, but it’s so damn cool it doesn’t really matter what they call it. Cool, because it makes browsing 10x faster for non-mouse users like me (and ex-mouse users like you), and way cooler, because […]
February 20th, 2003
Faxyourmp destroyed by thoughtless charity
Danny has the scoop
but I have no idea why we’re protecting the RSPCA or their chucklehead Communications DirectorJohn Rolls
I mean, these are supposed to be an experienced, responsible, mature, campaigning organization, who bugger up parliament with SPAM, exploit the goodwill of the volunteers who spent the week trying to keep the service up and running, […]
February 20th, 2003
Oskar
As close as I will ever get to being an uncle
Oskar
6 lbs 12 oz, 19.02.2003
and I think this means that I’ve won a bet with someone from my teenage years but I can’t remember who.
February 13th, 2003
Disruption is Normal
What’s wrong with this map? nothing, until you look at the legend:
‘Disrupted lines appear in their normal colour’
Not sure whether that’s
a)an illogical bit of Tufte-baiting undesign
b) sad, resigned pragmatism on the part of some put-upon designer at Transport For London
c) just the truth
I’m glad I walk to work
no doubt I’ll get some ridiculous cease […]
February 10th, 2003
More on parliament
If it were remotely funny, it would be very funny. But it’s not, it’s sad.
No-one owns or manages the parliament.uk domain
and more parliamentary email stats here:
MPs call for anti-spam rethink
stef
February 4th, 2003
The facts about FaxYourMp.com
A few events have coincided to make me want to scribble about faxyourmp.com, not least because those involved never get round to saying it about themselves. The triggers:
We shall almost certainly deliver our 50,000th fax in the next 48 hours (2003-02-04)
This week, the grandly-named Parliamentary Communications Directorate imposed obscenity filtering on MPs email (apparently […]
February 4th, 2003
Alan Mather’s blog
e-gov @ large
makes fascinating reading, despite the title torturing the language in two different ways so beloved of the Civil Service. Sensible, rational, intelligent writing from the other side of the e.gov/e.democracy fence, and I disagree with almost of all of it.
It’s a shame he doesn’t allow comments on his blog. I wonder why […]