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Campaign Elections QR codes Technology

QR-codes – making the UK’s top ten

Just over two years ago, I posted a couple of blog-posts about QR codes – the 2-d bar-codes that can be read by some mobile phones, and got some rather robust feedback on one where I expressed some scepticism about their future.

During the election, the idea of a Twitter poster came up, and, more for amusement than anything else (although I also wanted to say thank you to my supporters on Twitter), we produced some – and included a QR-code on them.

Could these be the geekiest posters in the UK? :-) #gomartintod #qr

Imagine my astonishment when I got an email today telling me about a blog-post on the QRazyStuff’s Blog that had put these posters into the Top 10 UK advertisers using QR Codes in 2010.

I’m flattered! And I shall wear my honorary membership of the QRazyClub with pride!

Just for the record, there are two  corrections that need to be made to the original QRazyClub article: I was only ever the Lib Dem candidate – and the tax-payer never paid a bean for our posters!

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Campaign

Latest update on the Lib Dems most active local online campaigns

An update on the party’s most active local online campaigns…

Five most active local constituencies with online petitions:

  1. Chippenham
  2. Solihull
  3. Bedford
  4. North East Bedfordshire
  5. Meriden

Five most active online campaigns

  1. Save Shirley’s Historic Signal Box - http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/shirleysignalbox
  2. Save Melksham Library - http://jonhubbard.mycouncillor.org.uk/melksham-library/sign-the-petition-to-save-melksham-library/
  3. Save Bedfordshire Police - http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/savebedspolice
  4. Stop The Incinerator - http://www.campaigns.libdems.org.uk/incinerator
  5. Save our ticket offices - http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/saveourticketoffices
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Ambulance Campaign NHS Video Winchester

More catching up: a report on ambulance response times from April 2009

More catching up. Here’s a BBC South Today report on ambulance response times from April 16, 2009 using the results of an FOI request I did on ambulance response times.

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The response to this FOI request and subsequent meetings with the trust, led to the discovery that Hampshire had too few ambulances per capita, persuading the trust to admit this at their AGM, and an increase in ambulance numbers towards the end of last financial year.

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Alresford Campaign Video

Refreshing the video on this site – starting with saveourloos.com

Having a brand new blisteringly fast computer for my birthday means I can start processing and uploading video again.

Here as a starter for 10, is a BBC South Today report from April 17, 2009 by Peter Henley on the use of the web, video and Twitter for campaigning, featuring the successful Save Our Loos campaign we ran in Alresford in the first half of 2009.

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You can see all my latest uploaded video on this page.