Month May 2009

LocalGovCamp group

Much planning is afoot for LocalGovCamp, the unconference for local government which is taking place on 20th June in Birmingham. All tickets are technically sold out, but if you are desperate to come, email me. I took a wander around…

Wave power

Google have announced something really rather interesting called Wave. (Warning: looooooong video) Essentially, A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. A wave is shared.…

Tech books

A year or so ago, I wrote about my dead tree web 2.0 reading list, which was all about what books were being published about the interactive web. I’ve bought most of those on the list, plus a bunch of…

Using game mechanics in engagement

Here is a really interesting presentation on how elements of games can help engage people within a community – and therefore also, possibly, a process. Putting the Fun in Functional View more OpenOffice presentations from amyjokim. Thanks to Rich Millington…

Hyperlocal alliance

Will, Dom and Kalv are starting something that has the potential to become really rather cool. So where are we going with this? Well we want to know if hyperlocal people in the UK are up for some sort of…

Watch the whole of Us Now – now

Us Now is “A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet” and it’s also rather good. Even better, you can now watch all 60 minutes of it. Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo. Once…

Bookmarks for May 4th through May 16th

Stuff I have bookmarked for May 4th through May 16th: Baby steps in Social Media News Releases – "The Social Media News Release (SMNR) updates the old press notice and video news release for a social media age. Factual bullet…

WordCampUK 2009: 18-19 July

WordCampUK – the only event in the UK dedicated to the joys of WordPress – will be taking place in Cardiff this year, on 18 and 19 July. You can find out all the details on the official blog, which…

Fresh ideas for tomorrow’s people

I had the good fortune to finally meet Mary McKenna at the PSF event last week. Mary is the MD of Learning Pool, e-learning providers at large to the public sector. She is also on Twitter, and therefore must be…