Thursday, 31 January, 2008

links for 2008-01-31

Research study suggests ‘Google Generation’ is, er, not very good at (re)search A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age – is the most web-literate. (tags: john+naughton…

Finding Mac Software

I am trying to find all the software I need to make my Macbook as useful to me as my Vista laptop is. Obviously some things are made much easier, like making Skype calls (no longer any requirement for a…

Down in London tomorrow

Have taken the day off work for a trip to London tomorrow to visit Lloyd Davis‘ Tuttle Club, or London Social Media Cafe. It’s going through an itinerant stage at the moment, finding a home wherever there are willing hosts…

Google: not just search

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to most people reading this blog that Google provides a number of services other than their traditional business area of web search. Many of the tools can be used as part of an online…

Wednesday, 30 January, 2008

links for 2008-01-30

Dissident: UKGovWeb barcamp event roundup. Steve Dale’s barcamp write-up (tags: barcampukgovweb steve+dale)

Tuesday, 29 January, 2008

links for 2008-01-29

Yay for Created in Birmingham! A joint Guardian Media Innovation Award Congratulations to Created in Birmingham! (tags: createdinbirmingham birminghamuk guardian) Quick, Easy and Fun – BarCampUKGovweb Shane McCracken from Gallomanor on the barcampukgovweb (tags: barcampukgovweb gallomanor) 11 Power Tips for…

Google launches UK politics site

Completely unrelated to the Google UK-hosted barcampukgovweb, I’m sure, but Google have launched a dedicated UK politics site, with lots of UK politics related widgets for your iGoogle page, and a YouTube channel. One of the widgets available is based…

Every community needs a killer app

One of the key challenges to establishing a community is attracting engagement – not just getting the numbers in of people signing up, but getting them to actively take part. One step to achieve this is through gradual culture change,…