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An online notebook
Google announced Google+ yesterday, their latest attempt at getting success in the social networking arena. Techcrunch have a good write up of the details, but for the best coverage, it’s hard to top Steven Levy’s piece in Wired (indeed, Levy’s…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. 2011 London Social Business Summit – Great content from this event. Introducing South West LocalGovCamp #swlocalgc « Carl’s Notepad – This should be a good one! ’100 million comments a…
For a customer, we at Kind of Digital have been putting together a prototype system using WordPress to crowdsource ideas from the public. We’ve done plenty of reading about previous attempts at this sort of thing, and hopefully have avoided…
As part of the Public Sector Web Network, I’m delighted to announce we will be running an introduction to digital engagement workshop in Wales on 6th September 2011. Facilitated by yours truly, attendees will come away with a full grasp of the…
The last web chat we did was pretty successful, so after a couple of weeks’ break, let’s do another. On 28th June at 11am, we’ll be talking about using the web, and in particular, social media, in crisis communications. Head…
One of the most talked about sessions at last weekend’s LocalGovCamp was about Yammer. (For those who don’t know, Yammer is basically a private version of Twitter with knobs on that works within an organisation.) Tom Phillips, who led the…
Delib share some interesting stats on browser usage of their products. Here you can see that IE6 is used by more than a third of our Citizen Space administrators, but only about a tenth of the total visitors. At the…
A bit of a flurry on Twitter about Preston City Council’s ‘Social Media Toolkit‘ which describes itself as a complete guide to joining the social media revolution It costs £199 (plus VAT). I wish them luck. I do this stuff…
One of my favourite sessions at LocalGovCamp was Lloyd Davis talking about his trip across the States and his upcoming project to go where the work is in the UK. Here’s a video (if you can see it): I speak…
I’ve been a big fan of James Gardner‘s work on innovation for a while now. His blog is a great read and his Little Innovation Book is a fantastic run down of the things you need to know. His new…
It’s hard to tell… but here’s a presentation I did sometime in early 2007 that I found when ploughing through some old stuff: Social Media And The Information Authority View more presentations from Dave Briggs If you can’t see the…
Saturday’s LocalGovCamp was a marvellous day, entirely thanks to the superb organisation of Digital Birmingham’s Simon Whitehouse and Sammy Williams; and of course the 130-odd people who turned up on the day, giving up the best part of their weekends…
It’s only a soft launch, but a launch nonetheless. Public Sector Customer Services Forum and Kind of Digital are coming together to develop a content and events focused online community for those that use the web in their work delivering…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. What we talk about when we talk about RSS – A useful bit of background to the future of RSS debate. Media Trust explains how local news hubs will work…
This has rather crept up on me, but this Saturday , 18th June, sees LocalGovCamp coming back to Birmingham. Around 200 people from across local government will be getting together to figure out how we can keep innovating in this…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Towards Effective Corporate Communications: Let Your Engineers do the Talking – For engineers, replace with any front line public sector worker! John Naughton on The Waste Land app – Great…
This looks like it’s a good opportunity for community groups to get some support in using digital tools, from the Young Foundation: By practically supporting six communities across England, we hope to understand more about the role that technology can…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Civility in service | Public Strategist – "Civil servants should understand the constraints they accept as part of the job. They – and everybody else – should understand the limitations…
My previous post, giving a bit of advice for people wanting to be active online and yet stay out of trouble at work, missed one vital point: Don’t post pictures of your groin on the internet – especially if you’ve…
We’re going to start running occasional live webchats on the subject of online innovation on the Kind of Digital website. They’ll be simple affairs using the CoverItLive system and a bit of Twitter, and all the action will take place…