One of the things I like about BarCamps is the sheer range of topics being discussed. I’m deeply sad I missed the talk on British Sign Language, glad I was involved in the round-table discussion on whether we should be worried about how much data there is “out there” about us, and how easy it is to correlate that together.

Thanks for the plug about GiantRobot. It was good to get some input from someone outside my usual circle of contacts – and I guess that again is one of the really great things about BarCamps – it’s an event which draws people in, from all over the place.

Anyway if I carried on at this pace my comment would be longer than your article! So, I’ll leave it here

All the best, JonTheNiceGuy

This was a bit of a pain, not so much for bigger shops – but definitely for smaller ones, so much so that I somewhat lost heart and stopped bothering – and now, six months on, everything seems to have returned to the way it was before.

As much as it was a pain, this does make me think that the *only* way we will ever say bye to plastic bags is if the whole country gets rid of them in one week – no compromises, and no way back.

I took a number on that occasion and brought them back a month later. It seems the plastic bags of bio-doom had returned.

Still, for big shops, I do now remember to take my bags for life…

Im collecting info, gossip, news and views for my community forum: “Best in Hulme” Its aimed at those of us who live work or study in Hulme so we can find out whats going on. I live in Hulme and didnt hear about the Manchester Festival till it started and missed out on good stuff happening at the Zion and local garden center.

All these are sponsored with tax payers money yet the taxpayers of Hulme never get to hear about these things.