Nexus 7 first thoughts
Last week I took delivery of a Nexus 7 - the new tablet made by Asus for Google to show off the new version of their mobile operating system, Android.
I've been playing with it for a few days, and here are some early thoughts.
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Wednesday, 25 July, 2012
Wednesday, 18 July, 2012
GovGeek setups: Steph Gray
The first in an occasional series of posts written by prominent geeks working in and around government, talking about the tools they use to do their jobs.
Sunday, 15 July, 2012
LocalGovCamp 2012 review
Phew.
LocalGovCamp passed without a hitch, and indeed it went pretty well. I'm sure it's the best one so far.
Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: HELLO CAMPERS: Three years on from the first localgovcamp… so whats changed? – Nice bit of reflection from Dan Slee ahead of Saturday's shindig. Knowledge Hub: A response – Steve Dale…
Sunday, 8 July, 2012
LocalGovCamp next weekend!
Next Saturday (14th July) sees LocalGovCamp coming back to Birmingham!
It's a great opportunity for innovators across local government to get together, share problems and come up with solutions. It's also an honour (and occasional inducer of panic) to be able to put the event together.
Friday, 6 July, 2012
Go off grid but not offline
That nice Mr Briggs has been encouraging me to post some stuff about hardware.
As it happens I’ve been trying out a new piece of ultra-modern hi-tech digital equipment.
No it’s not a MacBook Air, ChromeBook or even one of them new Google tablets.
It is... drum roll... The PowerMonkey Extreme.
Which is basically a back-up battery.
Wednesday, 4 July, 2012
We need to talk about the Knowledge Hub
Or at least, about where people in public service can go to share ideas, ask questions and promote good practice.
Back in the summer of 2006, when I was working as a lowly Risk Management Officer (yes, you read that right) at a county council, I joined the nascent Communities of Practice platform, which was being developed by Steve Dale at the then Improvement and Development Agency.
I thought it was fantastic, and joined in with some gusto – so much so in fact that I did attract a little criticism from colleagues who thought – probably quite rightly – that I ought to have been concentrating on the day job.
Online PR – join in or be left behind
I admit it: I wasn’t always that interested in the internet and social media.
In all honesty I was a tad old-school – I’d started out as a newspaper journalist before the internet really took off, and before social media became mainstream.
Tuesday, 3 July, 2012
Digital democracy: some quick and easy ideas
Following up on my earlier post on tweeting meetings, here are a bunch of quick, easy - and probably free - ideas for getting started with digital engagement.
Digital democracy: tweeting meetings
I'm giving a talk today at a conference in Norwich for parish and town councils and one of the things I want to do is just to share some really simple ideas on how councils could get some online interactivity going.
One of those ideas was to tweet meetings. I asked my network on Twitter for examples, and was deluged!