links for 2011-01-23

"My guess - as we look forward in hope to an increasingly-connected world, comprising largely of connected cities - is that open-data cities, their citizens and their businesses, will enjoy big benefits by stealing a march and getting to the future first."

"Of course, the PCC dropped the ball on the phone-hacking scandal when it failed to carry out any proper investigation - undermining the whole idea of press self-regulation at the same time"...and that was at a time when the PCC could at least claim to be regulating *all* of our national press.

"I want to be a ‘good parent’, to have time to cook proper meals and help with homework, but at the same time I need to provide a roof over our heads and enjoy working. I want them to see me as a woman as well as a mother, with interests outside the family."

Some technical background on the languages and frameworks powering guardian.co.uk

Interesting that the subject of the first column by The Guardian's mystery football star looks at social media technology, rather than tactics.

...and you can follow the Secret Footballer on Twitter too

Glad to see I was able to influence History Hack Day in the Guardian's offices from afar