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  • LINK: “Coding for low-code” September 20, 2018
  • LINK: “What’s happening with the service standard?” September 20, 2018
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  • LINK: “The Importance of Product Management in Government” September 3, 2018
  • LINK: “Tesla, software and disruption” September 3, 2018
  • LINK: “Apple, Sui Generis” August 28, 2018
  • New podcast interview on councils and digital transformation August 28, 2018
  • LINK: “Slack must use cash hoard to find new ways to keep competition at bay” August 24, 2018
  • LINK: “Not a technical founder? This is how you build a tech company” August 23, 2018
  • LINK: “The Future of Software Is No Code” August 23, 2018
  • LINK: “Distributed teams are rewriting the rules of office(less) politics” August 22, 2018
  • LINK: “Technology innovation in government survey” August 22, 2018
  • LINK: “All change is system change” August 22, 2018
  • LINK: “Reuse: a Recipe for Disaster” August 22, 2018

The past, present and future of online communities

Well worth a watch, what Howard Rheingold doesn’t know about online communities isn’t worth knowing.

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Head of Digital Operations at Croydon Council. Follow me on Twitter @davebriggs. View all posts by Dave Briggs

Posted on August 26, 2014Author Dave BriggsCategories CommunitiesTags howard rheingold, virtual communities

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