Bookmarks for December 9th through December 11th

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 9th to December 11th: blip.tv (since 2005) – Great videos from the recent online O'Reilly Government 2.0 shindig. Enterprise Wiki Software Guide – Tools and Capabilities | Future Changes – "Looking for a wiki for your team or organization? Do you need to host it on-site, or would … Keep reading

The biggest mistake councils made with online engagement

It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots. But the world has moved on. Both print and broadcast media have steadily moved away … Keep reading

Bookmarks for December 6th through December 8th

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 6th to December 8th: Local Government Data – The Government will encourage local government to release local public data and make it free for reuse, and establish an open-platform local data exchange. Assistly – make your customers smile 😉 – Interesting online customer service application:"Turn your customers into … Keep reading

Tweetwally

tweetwally is a terrifically simple site that lets you create your own pages that track what is being said on Twitter. It’s a great way of sharing tweets on a topic with people who perhaps aren’t hardcore Twitter users. I have set one up that tracks any tweets that have localgov in them. If anybody … Keep reading