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Digital mentor update

Just a quick post for those who are interested in the digital mentor role which was mooted in the Communities in Control white paper. There has been a terrific response in the comments on my post on the subject, from…

Stratford Bin Calendar

Not the most enticing of titles, possibly, but Stratford-on-Avon Council have launched a neat new service allowing people to easily look up when their bins should be collected (strikes permitting, of course) without the need for scanning long tables of…

My iPhone Apps

Since the iPhone has allowed the installation of third party apps, the utility of the device has increased massively. It just does so much! Here are the ones I find myself using most often: Twitterific – The best twitter client…

links for 2008-07-22

Customize Your WordPress Admin Interface : Codswallop Alter the options that appear on WP-admin for different roles…simplify users’ experience. Brilliant stuff. (tags: wordpress plugin roles administration customise)

MobileMe

MobileMe is a new version of pretty established service from Apple, called .Mac. Essentially, it puts bits of information that are stored on your computer or iPhone, and stores them online for you. This works, because it means that both…

iPhone app test

This is a test post, made from my iPhone using the new application from Automattic, downloadable from iTunes for nothing! Let’s see how well it works…

links for 2008-07-21

Reader Question: Is WordPress Safe To Use? | Performancing.com Article on security in WordPress (tags: wordpress security)

Civil servants and the social web

I spent an interesting morning last Friday at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending a meeting of ‘civil servant bloggers’ – not many of whom, it turned out, actually blogged – to discuss the recent guidelines for online participation. It…