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Awesomeness off of the internet for December 12th to December 17th: Let’s stop talking about “backups” – “But let’s stop talking about “backups.” Doing a backup is too low a bar. Any experienced system administrator will tell you that they…
Michael Krigsman’s blog, IT Project Failures, is well worth subscribing to. He recently shared a really interesting slidedeck on how projects can go wrong, and how it can be avoided: Why Projects Fail: Obstacles and Solutions View more documents from…
We’ll keep it *very* local so as to not get confused with UKGC10. This will be an all-day event on (or around) 25 Feb in partnership with IDeA. Venue will be Central London. Exact date and location tbc. Themes will…
Interesting! Google Apps will also help conserve resources in the city’s Information & Technology Agency (ITA), which is responsible for researching, testing & implementing new technologies in ways that make Los Angeles a better place to live, work and play.…
I’ve always wanted to own a bookshop. Somewhere nice and quiet, with tables to sit down and read, some sort of tea and coffee arrangement and plenty of books to browse and buy. I’m obviously not ever going to have…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 9th to December 11th: blip.tv (since 2005) – Great videos from the recent online O'Reilly Government 2.0 shindig. Enterprise Wiki Software Guide – Tools and Capabilities | Future Changes – "Looking for a…
It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots.…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 6th to December 8th: Local Government Data – The Government will encourage local government to release local public data and make it free for reuse, and establish an open-platform local data exchange. Assistly…
I keep returning to this post by Headshift’s Lee Bryant, on leadership in the networked society. It’s big, meaty and good. My starting point was the myth that leadership is somehow less important in new, networked organisations. Not so. If…
tweetwally is a terrifically simple site that lets you create your own pages that track what is being said on Twitter. It’s a great way of sharing tweets on a topic with people who perhaps aren’t hardcore Twitter users. I…