Jonathan’s speaking about local open data at tomorrow’s news:rewired event. The presentation will  identify those councils embracing open data, discuss the potential benefits of greater openness in local government and provide insight in to central government policies that are driving the ‘digital by default’ mentality. As we did a lot of thinking on this, I thought it would be worth blogging some of the ideas that didn’t make the final edit. Jonathan’s presentation will be uploaded tomorrow.

We’re currently seeing a ‘relocalisation’ of the web. Much of the internet’s momentum until now has been about the eradication of geography but new(ish) developments– hyperlocal and community websites, geo-location tagging and local, open data – are all about engaging with place and with where people are.