Wednesday, 17 August, 2011

ScotGovCamp tickets available

The wonderful Lesley Thomson has once again put together ScotGovCamp for another year. It takes place in Aberdeen on Saturday, September 24. All the details and booking is here. Don’t forget the event blog and networking group. Not sure if…

What I’ve been reading

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Ministry of Lorem: filler text generated from UK government press releases – Bonkers but strangely compelling site from @lesteph Social media can help riot-hit communities recover – "In all the…

Tuesday, 16 August, 2011

Skunkworks videos

Today I came across two useful videos featuring Mark O’Neil – a CIO in central government and the guy that heads up the government skunkworks – talking about his work. They can be found via the UKauthorITy site: Skunkworks: How…

Evaluating digital engagement

A record number of people took part in our live web chat on evaluating online engagement. Whilst in the course of the hour we didn’t exactly solve the issues, the discussion threw up some great examples and ideas and everyone…

Friday, 12 August, 2011

What is Google Docs?

Here’s another quick one page guide, this about about Google Docs. If you can’t see the embedded version below, you can head to the Kind of Digital site and download a PDF. What is Google Docs? View more documents from…

Thursday, 11 August, 2011

Police, Twitter, and riots

Really pleased to be able to publish this post from Cisco’s Jeremy Crump on the use of Twitter by the police, with specific reference to the recent disturbances in London, Birmingham and other cities. The widespread use of social media…

What is blogging?

Haven’t published one of these in a while, so here’s a quick guide about blogging. PDF over on the Kind of Digital site if you can’t see the embed below. Enjoy! What is blogging? View more documents from Kind of…

Public Sector Web Network events

Just a quick pimp of some of the great events we’ve got lined up in September through the Public Sector Web Network: Tuesday 6th: Digital Engagement Workshop – Wales. Find out more. Monday 12th: Digital Engagement Workshop – Birmingham. Find…

Monday, 8 August, 2011

Too busy for Twitter?

A common risk associated with public bodies engaging online in spaces like Twitter is that there’s too much interaction to cope with. It’s something that often gets raised when I am talking with clients. E-government bulletin covered the issue recently:…

Monday, 1 August, 2011

What is Facebook?

Here’s the latest of our mini-guides to social technology, where we have had a go at explaining what Facebook is all about. It’s embedded below, but if you can’t see it, you can visit the Kind of Digital site and…