The Guardian has led the way in API-based development since 2009 and now its spinoff hyperlocal social network&nbsp;<a href="www.n0tice.com">n0tice</a> has <a href="http://about.n0tice.com/2012/05/22/announcing-n0tice-org-the-open-journalism-toolkit/">launched its own set of API tools</a> to entice users and brands to build things using its content and functionality.

Get excited and build stuff.

On the one hand, costs up because there are more calls to the support desk; on the other, fewer desks and more flexible working.

"Local authorities hoping to introduce similar [Bring Your Own Device] schemes should view it as a way of supporting employees and helping to bring about job satisfaction, according to [Blackpool head of ICT services Tony] Doyle.

Thanks @jforbes for the link; note this is where the article originally appeared - on the Guardian's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/">Government Computing Network</a>.

Very cool interactive from the Guardian's first Open Weekend.

Ex-Flickr core, now Guardian developer Dan Catt explains how and why and where and what he did the Guardian's Google TV project. (Note: he ignored the spellcheck on "cognitive".)

"This is a very important consultation and opens a whole new door to open education and should not be ignored. But the consultation is in the formal format and requires you to answer specific questions, and not see what anyone else has said.

"So, Craig Snowden @CraigSnowedIn, a 17 year old developer from Scotland who answered a twitter call to open the consultation, popped it into Google docs.

"In Google docs you can read and comment, and see others’ comments, and properly understand what this might be saying.

"Now, this is not the formal process, but there is no reason why the comments cannot be fed into the formal process and I will volunteer to do that."

All of a part with the Guardian's Digital Literacy campaign - get stuck in.

Despite getting a 75% approval rating, "Tagbot was [also] sadly unable to properly respond to 'Why is Jeremy Clarkson?', 'What's the point of Belgium?' and the plaintive 'Does she love me?' – but did get a Goodbot rating for returning pages for 'Is David Cameron a lizard' and 'Robot apocalypse'.

"We hope you've enjoyed this beta test – thanks to everyone who used it. We fully expect to feed the lessons into social media services in the future."

"Today we have added a new feature to the Guardian's commenting system - the ability to respond directly to a comment, and to let that commenter know that you have replied."

Yeah, yeah, we hear you - no post-facto editing. It's possible that the heat death of the universe will precede that function's availability.

Very clever - takes the so-far published news list and shows it in an accessible and really striking form.

Come and have a look around behind the back of that screen you're looking at.

Martin Belam, writing in a purely personal capacity (you understand): "[if you're moderated] ask yourself, “Was I being a bit of a dick?”.<br />
"I’d define dick-ish behaviour on a news site as including, but not restricted to: personal attacks, using 'amusing' clichés like EUSSR and Tony Bliar, making the same off-topic point day after day, being rude and grumpy and unwelcoming to newcomers, mocking other people’s spelling, bullying and hectoring staff and journalists appearing in the comment threads, asking 'is this news?' on a story you are not interested in and which nobody forced you to read, hate speech, 'ironic' hate speech, anything that might now or in the future potentially land the publisher in legal hot water, and any comment which includes the phrase 'I don’t suppose the moderators will publish this but...'"

"Throughout May, the Guardian is opening its offices to developers as part of our commitment to the developer community. Each day from 4pm, you'll be able to turn up with your laptop and coffee, meet other developers, collaborate on projects or simply have somewhere to work for a few hours."<br />
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Note that you will need to sign up in advance.