An online notebook
A really interesting experiment is happening in Manchester today, thanks to the local police force. Greater Manchester Police are, according to their website, publishing details of every incident that it deals with on Twitter to allow the public to see what officers at one of the largest UK forces face on a daily basis. This … Keep reading
I had the pleasure on this lunchtime of spending time with Nick Booth – the man (the legend?) behind Podnosh, and the phenomenon that are Social Media Surgeries. What I love about Nick is that he is a connector – he knows government, and he knows communities – and he introduces them to each other … Keep reading
Second in my series of posts highlighting 101 cool online tools is Addictomatic. It’s a great little service for doing instant online monitoring. Just feed the homepage with a search term, and it will quickly come back to you with a bunch of results across the web – from video sites, blogs, Twitter, photos and … Keep reading
Another example of a nice informal council website asking for ideas – this time in Barnet and focusing on financial issues. How can the council save money? Meanwhile, Walsall Council is using Delib’s Budget Simulator tool to get residents engaged in balancing the Council’s books.
Carl has posted a couple of interesting bits about how he uses social websites, and how this is changing: Shaking up my social networks Why can’t Online be more like Offline? I don’t tend to think about what I use – probably because this stuff is now completely embedded into work… but a quick scan … Keep reading