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dr_rick

  1. Arrived in Helsinki for panel discussion at 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet tomorrow tivit.fi/events/europea… 6 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. @GlobalBirminghm you're right we need evangelists in cities to wake them up to huge transformations digital will bring rickrobinson.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/acc… 28 minutes ago via Safari on iOS
  3. Contemplating 4 #SmarterCities grand challenges for Base London talk #1 is accessibility ow.ly/1LtkDm @BaseShow ow.ly/1MX6dU about 18 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. Up in Sunderland again today working with the team on their Smarter City #Cloud cloudpro.co.uk/cloud-essentia… #SmarterCities #IBM 3:42 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  5. Preparing some remarks for panel discussion at 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet in Helsinki later this week tivit.fi/events/europea… 3:21 AM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  6. Government open data hackday in Birmingham godhd.eventbrite.co.uk/?nomo=1 (from @ukgav) #SmarterCities #opendata 11:38 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  7. Great @Guardian video interview with #IBM's @RashikParmar on the cities of the future guardian.co.uk/local-governme… #SmarterCities 5:20 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  8. Ideas for 21st Century UK economy from The Growth Factory thegrowthfactory.co.uk #SmarterCities 2:27 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  9. How cities in the UK can exploit #BigData thegrowthfactory.co.uk/sectors/smart-… #SmarterCities 1:17 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  10. @holtparktoday just realised I'm not Rick Robinson U R looking for! Just blog about similar things to the one who writes 4 @businessinsider 6:10 PM May 23rd via HootSuite in reply to holtparktoday
  11. @holtparktoday that business onsider article wasn't mine but glad you liked my newly-renamed Urban Technologist blog! rickrobinson.wordpress.com 2:39 PM May 22nd via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to holtparktoday
  12. My article on #BigData in #SmarterCities will be published in report from pro-growth thinktank TLG telegraph.co.uk/finance/econom… 7:54 AM May 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  13. Who else but Drogba to finish it? Perfect :-) #Chelsea 2:30 PM May 19th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  14. @NevCannon thx for sharing @JosCreese @Guardian interview on evolution of shared public sector services in #localgov gu.com/p/37dzh/tw 3:55 PM May 18th via Flipboard
  15. @newoptimists great to see you & discuss future skills & disintermediation of food supply rickrobinson.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/ext… & rickrobinson.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/how… 8:30 AM May 18th via web
  16. We live there at our peril: scary ideas in extreme urbanism: ow.ly/1Mj4XA #SmarterCities 1:00 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  17. @DigitalDruid0 "mass customisation of place" ... now there's an eloquently expressed idea that'll set me thinking #SmarterCities 4:45 PM May 17th via HootSuite in reply to DigitalDruid0
  18. I'm enjoying the debate on my blog post "Exterme urbanism: live here at your peril" rickrobinson.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/ext… #SmarterCities 2:44 PM May 17th via web
  • Name Rick Robinson
  • Location Birmingham, England
  • Web http://rickrobins...
  • Bio IBM Executive Architect for Smarter Cities, Local Government, Cloud & Analytics. Cruciverbalist, charcutier, physicist, geek. Views are my own.
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