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UK driving test prices haven't changed in 16 years, over which time inflation was 57%.
Now there's a ~6 month wait-time for a driving test and 100s of private companies selling "fast track tests" - basically ticket touts.
Who could have predicted it?
Hard times create strong men - wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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We did some basic maths, and think that ChatGPT might actually be better for the planet than typing on a laptop.
blog.plinth.org.uk/paragraph…
Rebranding to plinth complete! Check out our exciting new website: plinth.org.uk
So far, just one small mess up where I accidentally disabled sending and receiving emails for the entire team...
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Welcome to the stage @BlaiseHammond, @InformedTweet to reveal #DL100 runner up for Digital SME of the Year 2023 category:
This years Runner up is 🥁🥁🥁
@getTimetoSpare
Congratulations👏💥
#DigiLeaders #DL100 #NotjustLondon
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Congratulations to the top 10 in the Digital SME of the year 2023 category
@AbilityNet
@TheDataCity
@MarkHastings4
@InvotraConsult
@getmintago
@peekteam
@SMRTcurriculum
The Royal Engineers
@getTimetoSpare
@we_aredigital
Congratulations!! 👏🎉
#DL100 #DigiLeaders #NotJustLondon @aqldotcom
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We thought we'd have a bit of fun this month.
We've put together an advent calendar filled with useful tools for charities and community groups.
They'll help you save time, find more funding or help your clients.
Check it out here: timetospare.com/advent-calen…
Had a great chat with @Tom_c_watson this morning. Somehow a discussion on data definitions has managed to brighten up an extremely grim and grey day.
I'll be writing something on it soon, but definitely worth checking out: dataforaction.notion.site/Bu…
Hey @VancityReynolds and @RMcElhenney, time to add to your portfolio? It's only a short drive away
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool have been put up for sale by Fenway Sports Group. Sale deck has been produced for interested parties. Goldman Sachs + Morgan Stanley assisting evaluation process. Unclear if deal gets done but FSG inviting offers @TheAthleticFC #LFC theathletic.com/3770928/2022…
I reckon with GPT-3, combined with the data we've helped charities collect on @getTimetoSpare, we can have a play with auto-writing grant applications.
Not sure what happens in a world when charities can bulk-write grant applications, but could be fun.
After a bit of a dive into the prompt engineering rabbit hole, I'm definitely making some good progress...
Now I'm going to have to work out how to generate the stats from the Time to Spare data that match the question. Or maybe we get users to select which stats are relevant...
It seems like I can also use GPT-3 to let us know what table in the database we should run an aggregation against, and which filters to apply for a question.
Might need to find a few more examples of grant application forms to work out whether this actually useful.
ALT GPT3 input: Convert this question to a database aggregation: Tables: Outcomes, Users, Activities Filters: Age, Location, Gender, Ethnicity, Year Example: What experience do you have working with young black people in Camden? Output: Table - Users | Filters: (Age < 18, Ethnicity = Black, Location = Camden) Example: How many sessions will you be able to organise (include evidence from 2021)? Output: Table - Activities | Filters: (Year = 2021) Example: What impact have you had on older women on your programme? Output: Table - Outcomes | Filters: (Gender = Woman, Age > 65) How does your programme benefit young Asian women in Haringey? Output: (GPT3 generated): Table - Outcomes | Filters: (Gender = Woman, Age < 18, Ethnicity = Asian, Location = Haringey)
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Lots of people talking about how Local Authorities can work better with community organisations.
It can be difficult and complicated, but let's start with the data. #SolaceSummit22 timetospare.com/your-area
Napkin maths:
UK charities employ ~1 million people (~25 million total employed in services).
Total service sector energy bills are expected to go up by ~£70bn/year.
Multiplying them together, that could be a £2.8bn increase for charities.
When needs are increasing. Insane.
I got a bit carried away writing this.
But we've been building a platform to help charities operate and collaborate more effectively, and this sums up what we've learnt and why we're excited.
We’ve done some thinking about charity systems.
Why is it so awkward to set them up to encourage collaboration? What would a truly collaborative platform actually look like?
Here’s our thoughts…
ALT Terrible user experience vs huge security issues, depending on whether charities include partners in "everyone out" or "everyone in"
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Facebook launches… Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a Feeds tab on @facebook, where you can see a chronological feed of posts from those you follow. And when you open Facebook, you’ll still see a Home tab where we’ll recommend personalized content from creators and friends.
facebook.com/zuck/posts/pfbi…
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Someone told me that if you close your eyes, Rishi sounds like Will from The Inbetweeners and now I can't unhear it.
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Frustratingly, it took a whole 8 working days to reach April's total.
4 working days into June, and we've had as many charities use @getTimetoSpare as all of December last year 🚀📈