OpenlyLocal (finally) gets its own blog

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OpenlyLocal (finally) gets its own blog

Quick note to say that OpenlyLocal now has its own blog at blog.openlylocal.com. All the old posts and comments have been copied over there too.

I’ll still be posting on general opendata issues here, but for OpenlyLocal-specific stuff, bookmark,subscribe or follow @OpenlyLocal (and for OpenCorporates, see its dedicated blog and twitter account).

Chris

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