links for 2010-10-20

As we ran the blogs day to day, we began seeing patterns and picking up knowledge, and we decided that it was important for us to be open and transparent and to actively share what we were learning with the journalism and blogging community at large.

The Mayor's office has begun to release some remarkable new data about London in a new website. The first data to be released mainly comes from the emergency services, breaking down details by ward. I beleive that we can use data as a community to drive better public services in the neighbourhood.

With small audiences you need much lighter regulation. As with other aspects of policy set by the coalition government it’s about moving from rules to trust.