Michael Hale
System Administrator
As a software developer and system administrator I like to focus on automated infrastructure. My tool of choice these days is chef (http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home).
The Connected Republic
A site commissioned by Cisco to enable the development of their existing community, a set of public sector issues and discussing issues surrounding e-government.
Bloat.me
Bloat.me creates fun little urls that bloat when clicked. This is not a unique service but nicer than most others. Based on some excellent open source software this project was conceived, built and launched quickly - a perfect fit for Twitter and the likes.
Open Studio
Open Studio is an interactive project run by the Department of Architecture at the University of Westminster to make its design, research and practice-based work available online while it is happening. The site acts as a 'real time' teaching and learning environment in which staff and students run a series of blogsites—each of them based on the work of its design studios, or its other teaching and research groups and workshops—and all of which experiment with innovative forms of education technology.
