Christmas reading
The pile of books I’ve been working my way through during the holidays.
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Bookmarks for December 27th through December 29th
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 27th to December 29th: Boredometer now on Facebook @ Plings Blogs – "The Plings social network site application, Boredometer is now available for local authorities to offer to young people in Facebook, after…
iPhones
I’ve had an iPhone for about 18 months now. In the summer, I upgraded from my 8gb first generation model to a 32gb 3GS. It’s awesome, and with the 3G, extra processor speed and storage, plus improvements to the camera…
WordPress 2.9
Bit of a late one this, but WordPress 2.9 came out before Christmas. Well worth the upgrade – especially for the image handling stuff and the ease of embedding flash content like YouTube videos. More information in this video:
Is government a knowledge business?
Enterprise 2.0 is a label Andrew McAfee coined to describe the use of collaborative tools within large organisations, focused on the benefits this offers to non-technical managers rather than technology-for-technology’s sake enthusiasts. In other words: blog, wikis, forums, and social…
Importance of mobile
Mobile platforms are going to be ever-increasingly important to government, not least in terms of communicating and consulting with citizens – especially in terms of engaging with the disadvantaged who are more likely to have a mobile phone than a…
Bookmarks for December 22nd through December 23rd
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 22nd to December 23rd: Small Business Blog – You’re the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com – Nice blog from the NY Times on 'the art of running a small business' Nixle – "Trusted neighborhood…
Whither government 2.0?
Government 2.0 seems to be a well established meme in many parts of the world, but doesn’t seem to have taken root at all in the UK. I can understand why people might think that is a Good Thing –…
Gov 2.0 Taskforce report published
The final report from Australia’s Government 2.0 Taskforce has been published. I’ve not had the chance to read it yet, but the summary points sound sane enough: Government 2.0 or the use of the new collaborative tools and approaches of…
RSS readers
Read/WriteWeb has an interesting piece on RSS aggregators, and whether they really matter any more: One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news…