OpenlyLocal’s Chris Taggart in Mashups Session

The developer behind www.OpenlyLocal.com – a Local Government version of www.TheyWorkForYou.com – will  be taking part in the Open Data and Mashups session at Government 2010.

Chris Taggart is a former magazine journalist, editor, and publisher.  He set up his own magazine publishing company a few years back, sold it about 4 years ago, and since then has been playing around with  website stuff, learning to program, and “spending far too much time on classic cars”.

Originally he set up OpenlyLocal.com because (we quote) he “couldn’t get anyone else interested in local government data, and thought such a thing was going to be vital in the future to enhance democracy and support hyperlocal sites.”

Well he’s done a rather good job.