Thursday, 31 December, 2009

DavePress in 2009

There have been about 60,000 visits to this blog in the last twelve months, and thanks to you all. In December the site broke through the 1,000 subscribers barrier, which is very nice indeed. 50-odd of those subscribers choose to…

Bookmarks for December 30th through December 31st

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 30th to December 31st: Communities and Collaboration » Discovering the value of Social Networks and Communities of Practice – "Surprisingly few organisations consider the value that is being created by having better informed…

Wednesday, 30 December, 2009

Tuesday, 29 December, 2009

Bookmarks for December 27th through December 29th

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 27th to December 29th: Boredometer now on Facebook @ Plings Blogs – "The Plings social network site application, Boredometer is now available for local authorities to offer to young people in Facebook, after…

Sunday, 27 December, 2009

iPhones

I’ve had an iPhone for about 18 months now. In the summer, I upgraded from my 8gb first generation model to a 32gb 3GS. It’s awesome, and with the 3G, extra processor speed and storage, plus improvements to the camera…

WordPress 2.9

Bit of a late one this, but WordPress 2.9 came out before Christmas. Well worth the upgrade – especially for the image handling stuff and the ease of embedding flash content like YouTube videos. More information in this video:

Thursday, 24 December, 2009

Is government a knowledge business?

Enterprise 2.0 is a label Andrew McAfee coined to describe the use of collaborative tools within large organisations, focused on the benefits this offers to non-technical managers rather than technology-for-technology’s sake enthusiasts. In other words: blog, wikis, forums, and social…

Importance of mobile

Mobile platforms are going to be ever-increasingly important to government, not least in terms of communicating and consulting with citizens – especially in terms of engaging with the disadvantaged who are more likely to have a mobile phone than a…

Wednesday, 23 December, 2009

Bookmarks for December 22nd through December 23rd

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 22nd to December 23rd: Small Business Blog – You’re the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com – Nice blog from the NY Times on 'the art of running a small business' Nixle – "Trusted neighborhood…