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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…

Bookmarks for December 17th through December 21st

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 17th to December 21st: 60+ Useful Adobe AIR Applications You Should Know – Interesting list of uses for Adobe Air – it's not just Twitter clients! Tomorrow’s IT Leaders will come in from…

The state of the UK gov blogosphere

(This is one of those posts I really seriously considered not posting, because I’m not sure whether I am talking bollocks here or not. Please leave comments, letting me know one way or the other.) Here’s an assumption of mine…

Bookmarks for December 12th through December 17th

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…

Why Projects Fail: Obstacles and Solutions

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…

LocalGovCamp London is on!

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…

City of Angeles moves to Google Apps

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.…