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With the excitement building up to LocalGovCamp Yorkshire and the Humber on Saturday, I thought I might share this piece, which I wrote for the UKGovCamp hub site a little while ago. It’s a ten point plan to organising your…
This week saw the launch of a new local government digital engagement project – Let’s Talk Central by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Learning Pool online innovation / social media / loafing around team – that’s me and Breda – were…
This Saturday sees the latest LocalGovCamp, in York. It’s going to be a great day. Learning Pool are pleased to be helping out with a bit of sponsorship, and Breda and I will be in attendance. It’s funny to think…
One of the things I like about Google is the way they try and inject a bit of humour into what they do. Being funny is a key part of internet culture, and Google’s occasional light-heartedness is a welcome break…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Armchair Auditor – Nice clean and simple example of what can be done with open government spending data by @adrianshort Supreme Court’s untendered website cost revealed – "You need to…
John Naughton‘s Observer piece on the iPad is well worth reading in full: It’s when one tries to use the iPad for generating content that its deficiencies become obvious. The biggest flaw is the absence of multitasking, so you have to…
Now, this is small but kinda neat. If you want to show someone how cool Google Docs is, or actually work on a document with someone who uses the service, without them needing to have a Google account, you now…
Being part of something big is really nice sometimes. Take being on the Learning Pool team, for example. Now, quite a few people read this blog, and my gibbering on Twitter – but really, relative to the number of councils…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. TWiki – the Open Source Enterprise Wiki – "A flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform, and web application platform." How digital engagement can save councils…
OK, so I said I probably wasn’t going to get an iPad. On Friday I bought one. I admit it: I’m pathetic. My thing with the iPad before I got it was that I wasn’t sure where it really fitted…