Comments on: Data http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org Showing you where your taxes get spent Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-20 Rufus Pollock Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:04:07 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-20 <p>Andrew: Interesting idea.We do have a fairly heavy commitment to using "free/open source" software, especially in a situation like this where customization would likely be needed which could be difficult with a proprietary system. Is there any free/open source work out there or is it all proprietary?</p> Andrew: Interesting idea.We do have a fairly heavy commitment to using “free/open source” software, especially in a situation like this where customization would likely be needed which could be difficult with a proprietary system. Is there any free/open source work out there or is it all proprietary?

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-30 Rufus Pollock Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:04:00 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-30 <p>Andrew: Interesting idea.We do have a fairly heavy commitment to using "free/open source" software, especially in a situation like this where customization would likely be needed which could be difficult with a proprietary system. Is there any free/open source work out there or is it all proprietary?</p> Andrew: Interesting idea.We do have a fairly heavy commitment to using “free/open source” software, especially in a situation like this where customization would likely be needed which could be difficult with a proprietary system. Is there any free/open source work out there or is it all proprietary?

]]> By: Andrew S http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-19 Andrew S Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:49:29 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-19 <p>Perhaps a word with Cyberscience, Cognos, Microsoft or Oracle could produce a good result if "sold" to them about the benfits of publicity and social empowerment etc.</p> <p>Cyberscience have a fantastic reporting and BI tool that presents into a webpage - sitting on most platforms and databases concurrently www.cyberscience.com</p> Perhaps a word with Cyberscience, Cognos, Microsoft or Oracle could produce a good result if “sold” to them about the benfits of publicity and social empowerment etc.

Cyberscience have a fantastic reporting and BI tool that presents into a webpage – sitting on most platforms and databases concurrently http://www.cyberscience.com

]]> By: Andrew S http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-29 Andrew S Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:49:00 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-29 <p>Perhaps a word with Cyberscience, Cognos, Microsoft or Oracle could produce a good result if "sold" to them about the benfits of publicity and social empowerment etc.</p> <p>Cyberscience have a fantastic reporting and BI tool that presents into a webpage - sitting on most platforms and databases concurrently www.cyberscience.com</p> Perhaps a word with Cyberscience, Cognos, Microsoft or Oracle could produce a good result if “sold” to them about the benfits of publicity and social empowerment etc.

Cyberscience have a fantastic reporting and BI tool that presents into a webpage – sitting on most platforms and databases concurrently http://www.cyberscience.com

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-18 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:45:44 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-18 <p>James: you're not alone in your suggestion to including income as well as expenditure (see the <a href="/comments/" rel="nofollow">prototype feedback page</a>). This is at the top of our list of things to do next.</p> James: you’re not alone in your suggestion to including income as well as expenditure (see the prototype feedback page). This is at the top of our list of things to do next.

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-28 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-28 <p>James: you're not alone in your suggestion to including income as well as expenditure (see the <a href="/comments/" rel="nofollow">prototype feedback page</a>). This is at the top of our list of things to do next.</p> James: you’re not alone in your suggestion to including income as well as expenditure (see the prototype feedback page). This is at the top of our list of things to do next.

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-17 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:44:32 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-17 <p>El: like your suggestion of using market research tools to analyse this kind of data. Do you know of any opensource systems of this kind or are they all proprietary?</p> El: like your suggestion of using market research tools to analyse this kind of data. Do you know of any opensource systems of this kind or are they all proprietary?

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-27 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:44:00 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-27 <p>El: like your suggestion of using market research tools to analyse this kind of data. Do you know of any opensource systems of this kind or are they all proprietary?</p> El: like your suggestion of using market research tools to analyse this kind of data. Do you know of any opensource systems of this kind or are they all proprietary?

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-16 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:43:42 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-16 <p>Andrew: we already have spending by department in the data, though we aren't showing that in the current prototype. Also agree that getting spending data from quangos is important and it already out there (at least partially). The general challenge with using such info is integrating it, in particular ensuring we aren't double counting somewhere.</p> <p>Re mysociety.org suggestion: we're already in close contact with them (Tom Steinberg is on our Advisory Panel) and we're looking to collaborate wherever we can!</p> Andrew: we already have spending by department in the data, though we aren’t showing that in the current prototype. Also agree that getting spending data from quangos is important and it already out there (at least partially). The general challenge with using such info is integrating it, in particular ensuring we aren’t double counting somewhere.

Re mysociety.org suggestion: we’re already in close contact with them (Tom Steinberg is on our Advisory Panel) and we’re looking to collaborate wherever we can!

]]> By: Rufus Pollock http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/data/#comment-26 Rufus Pollock Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:43:00 +0000 http://wdmmg.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-26 <p>Andrew: we already have spending by department in the data, though we aren't showing that in the current prototype. Also agree that getting spending data from quangos is important and it already out there (at least partially). The general challenge with using such info is integrating it, in particular ensuring we aren't double counting somewhere.</p> <p>Re mysociety.org suggestion: we're already in close contact with them (Tom Steinberg is on our Advisory Panel) and we're looking to collaborate wherever we can!</p> Andrew: we already have spending by department in the data, though we aren’t showing that in the current prototype. Also agree that getting spending data from quangos is important and it already out there (at least partially). The general challenge with using such info is integrating it, in particular ensuring we aren’t double counting somewhere.

Re mysociety.org suggestion: we’re already in close contact with them (Tom Steinberg is on our Advisory Panel) and we’re looking to collaborate wherever we can!

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