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24tips Christmas bonus: build RSS feeds from any listing

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Steph

25 Dec: Happy Christmas! Here’s a little get-it-while-you-can Christmas bonus tip. Even in this day and age, plenty of sites don’t make it easy to grab RSS feeds of listings of news, articles, speeches, publications, consultations or whatever. The creators … Continue reading →

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Open data on the cheap

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Steph

Jimmy Leach, Head of Digital Diplomacy at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office blogged earlier about a quiet little project his team have rolled out, using extended RSS 2.0 feeds to provide access to the FCO’s travel advice data. As he … Continue reading →

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Public Appointments by RSS

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Steph

In the words of Directgov: A public appointment is an appointment to the board of a public body or to a government committee. Around 18,500 men and women hold a public appointment. The public bodies involved are quite important, including … Continue reading →

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Version 1.1

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Steph

When BIS was created, we were pretty chuffed to have got a solid website built and launched in 72 hours. But as the weeks passed and the organisation started to build up achievements and an identity of its own, people … Continue reading →

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