What makes a Smart City?

What makes a Smart City?

Or….5 things you need to do first Having just come back to the UK from a smart cities conversation on the other side of the world, I would like to share some thoughts.   The role of KnowNow is to prepare the IT architectural blueprint for this new smart place.  ...
Open Data Floodgates.  Why the sad face?

Open Data Floodgates. Why the sad face?

So the open data world pats itself on the back by learning that the UK Cabinet Secretary Francis Maude is releasing more open data.  This is brilliant news for both the Open Data community and for us as citizens.   Even better news from a KnowNow perspective for our...
Project Pods – Birth of the kn-i platform

Project Pods – Birth of the kn-i platform

Project Pods is a very exciting new concept being led by KnowNow information.  The project is all about connectivity, relevance, content and local growth. It will also be the birth of the KnowNow Information ‘kn-i platform’. In terms of connectivity,...
Open Data Floodgates.  Why the sad face?

Smart Cities. Grown up or stroppy youngster?

KnowNow Information has spent much time on developing Smart Cities and it is high time we had something to say – several interweaving strands that lead to a conclusion The power of your own information in a smart city. How by fusing information together useful...
Whether You Do Or Weather You Don’t

Whether You Do Or Weather You Don’t

Whether You Do Or Weather You Don’t.  Or WUDOWUD. Eh? The British Isles has a tempestuous relationship with the weather.  Enough different types of weather hit these shores and more extreme weather seems to be the new normal.   So what?  Well, what if you...