Month October 2008

Bookmarks for October 25th through October 28th

Stuff I have bookmarked for October 25th through October 28th: Read Write Gov | PhillipDade.com – Phillip, who works on the web team at Great Yarmouth Council, gives ReadWriteGov a mention. Good on him! solutions4inclusion – Home – Useful looking…

The UKGovWeb Twitterverse

The real value of Twitter is in the network, and if you are just starting out with it, and don’t have many people to follow, or much of a following yourself, it can seem a bit quiet, depressing and pointless.…

Arts and Ecology

My good friend William Shaw has started working at the RSA recently, and is writing a blog called Arts & Ecology. William is a fabulous writer and has been blogging for while, and really Gets It. He also has some…

ReadWriteGov is this Wednesday!

This Wednesday sees the first of hopefully many ReadWriteGov events taking place at Peterborough City Council. It’s going to be a great day, with some excellent speakers, all of whom are working within the public sector trying to get things…

Bookmarks for October 22nd through October 25th

Stuff I have bookmarked for October 22nd through October 25th: Leopard: How to Install WordPress – How to get wordpress running locally on a mac Digital Inclusion – Communities and neighbourhoods – Communities and Local Government – "While the majority…

Phishing in plain english

The trouble with explaining some of the risks of using online services is that they can be damn complicated. Which is why having resources like this is so wonderful. Common Craft have produced a short video explaining what the practice…

New Zealand Gov blog

The New Zealand State Services Commission has started a blog – you can find it here. In their words: We’re aiming to build thought leadership around significant work programmes, including Authentication, Strategy and Policy and Web Standards, as well as…

Bookmarks for October 17th through October 22nd

Stuff I have bookmarked for October 17th through October 22nd: Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS) – "The Information Fair Trader Scheme sets and assesses standards for public sector bodies. It requires them to encourage the re-use of information and reach…

CLG, Youth Advisors and YouTube

CLG have added a whole load of fresh material to their YouTube account, which includes clips from minister Hazel Blears’ trip around the subcontinent and some from the department’s youth engagement work. One of my favourites is this, from the…