An online notebook
Here’s some notes from the first two sessions at Government 2010! If, in haste, I’ve accidentally misquoted/misparaphrased, I apologise in advance: there’s a lot more on Twitter, and you can watch the conference live online here. The first speaker of the day, Peter Keller of Internet-based pollsters, YouGov, gave the opening keynote. We all need … Keep reading
Government 2010 kicks off in London in a couple of hours, and it’s going to be all-liveblogging, courtesy of Davepress and Timetric, all the time this morning. Here’s the agenda: 9.00am – 9.15am Opening Remarks: Jeffrey Peel, Government 2010 9.15am – 9.30am Keynote Address: Peter Kellner, President, YouGov 9.30am – 10.15am Panel Discussion: Digital Engagement … Keep reading
Awesomeness off of the internet for October 18th to October 21st: Soup – Publish, collect, share. – "Soup is a tumblelog, a super-easy blog that can do more than just text: post links, quotes, videos, audio, files, reviews and events." The power of social innovation: interview with Director of Social Innovation Camp, Anna Maybank – … Keep reading
My Kindle arrived today. For those that don’t know, it’s Amazon’s own e-reader, a portable device that can hold around 1,500 books in its memory which can be read by turning pages using the buttons. Even though I knew the screen was 6 inches, it still seemed smaller than I was expecting. The device is … Keep reading
Hello! I’m Andrew Walkingshaw, and I’m going to be deputising for Dave at the Government 2010 conference tomorrow. I’ll be liveblogging the event for you all, both here and as @walkingshaw on Twitter. I’m the business guy at Timetric. We’re on a mission to get the world’s statistics to you in a form which you … Keep reading