Dave

Dave

I got me a MicroTrack!

I’ve been after a decent audio recorder for a while, and on the recommendations of Neville Hobson, who regularly blogs about such matters, I opted for an M-Audio MicroTrack 2. And very nice it is too. I’m still waiting to…

Drip, drip… more ICELE news

David Wilcox pointed me in the direction of the latest E-Government newsletter from Headstar, and their article about ICELE’s slow and rather painful death: In the medium term, the government is considering an overhaul of e-democracy policy which could bring…

links for 2008-06-08

The Five Questions Companies Ask About Social Media Great post from Jeremiah Owyang, thanks to Neville Hobson for the link (tags: blog business collaboration socialmedia research tips) paulcanning: Off with the pixies Paul’s typically vituperative take on Minister for the…

Free software, or just go online?

Following some of the points made on my post about Kubuntu and Linux yesterday, I’ve been wondering a bit more about free software and how it might help people make the most of their equipment. After all, software is expensive…

Windowless

For the first time in maybe more than ten years, I don’t have a machine running Windows in my possession. Last week, my Vista-running Acer laptop stopped working. Windows just wouldn’t load. It gave me a load of options to…

links for 2008-06-05

Georgina Henry: Welcome to the new Comment is free The Guardian’s Comment and blogging space has had a revamp. (tags: guardian commentisfree blogging politics media news journalism networkedjournalism)

A Catalyst for social innovation?

The UK Catalyst Awards are BERR and NESTA sponsored initiative which aims to: recognise everyday heroes who use technology to make a positive impact on the world around them. What’s more, you could get support to take your idea further…

Delivering online learning

I’ve had my attention brought to the Thirty Day Challenge, a free month long online course on internet direct marketing. Now, it’s not a subject I am particularly interested in, but I am interested in how the information is disseminated…

links for 2008-06-03

Is Twitter Down? Does what it says on the, er, title bar (tags: twitter funny humor web2.0 mashup check internet down)

Better Browsers update

A little while ago I posted about a little survey I had set up using Google Docs, which aimed to find out about what browsers public sector folk are using, and what problems they have been running into as a…