More local gov twittering
A bit of a dig about reveals that Stratford isn’t the only local authority on Twitter… There’s also: St Helens Southend Barnet Hillingdon Anyone know any others?
Month: June 2008
Local government on Twitter!
I’m delighted to note that Stratford-on-Avon District Council has its own account on Twitter. What is even better is that they display the badge on their homepage! This is just the sort of intiative that we’re looking for in various places, like the Social Media CoP, for example. Fine, there are arguments about Twitter, in … Keep reading
links for 2008-06-12
downingstreet – FriendFeed The Prime Minister is on FriendFeed! (tags: friendfeed primeminister number10 gordonbrown) Power of Information Task Force The PoI taskforce have a blog. Quite right too. Thanks to Shane for the pointer. (tags: government powerofinformation blogging)
Andrew O’Hagan
I’m reading the marvellous The Atlantic Ocean by Andrew O’Hagan at the moment. It’s a collection of essays, mostly taken from The London Review of Books and is a wonderful eclectic collection of writing. Take this little gem, for example, from the opening lines of a piece about celebrity memoirs: If you want to be … Keep reading
links for 2008-06-09
PicLens | Immersive Views Across the Web PicLens transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing photos and videos across the web. Via John Naughton. (tags: apple extension plugin firefox photo video) Peter Willby on The Times newspaper “Whatever the merits of his other changes, Harding should restore leaders to their proper place.” … Keep reading