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Guest post on DavePress

August 3, 2009

Things have been a little quiet on this blog of late – being on holiday didn’t help – but I guess I have just been rather busy doing stuff and haven’t had the chance to blog nearly as much as I would like.

So, I thought I would open the doors to the odd guest post from DavePress readers. I already have one ready to go later this week, but would like some more.

So, if you’d like to throw something together, along the lines of digital engagement and the public sector, do get in touch and we can see about getting it published. You’ll get the chance to be read by quite a few people in and around .gov.uk and beyond, so it might be a good opportunity to get some of your ideas in front of some new people.

I’ll give it a go for a few weeks – maybe one guest post a week? – and see if people find it useful.

Bookmarks for July 11th through July 26th

July 26, 2009

Stuff I have bookmarked for July 11th through July 26th:

Guide to Cross-Government Collaboration ~ Huddle – "Welcome to Huddle.net’s Guide to Collaboration for government and public sector. We tried to keep it simple, informative and agnostic."
Open Atrium – "Part intranet, part do-it-yourself project with a kick of open source hotness"
WordPress › KB Advanced RSS Widget « WordPress Plugins – A decent wordpress widget for displaying RSS feeds. Much better than the default one.
LocalGovCamp changed my life « Carl’s Notepad – "Ok, so it didn’t change my life as such, but it has changed my perspective on knowledge sharing and encouraging others to participate – either way – if you get a chance to attend a similar event DO."
Towards an Interactive Charter – "Towards an Interactive Charter is a project to encourage and support public and voluntary sector organisations in unlocking their interactive potential through the use of social media."

WP Sauce

July 13, 2009

I threw this together this morning, it’s called WP Sauce:

It simply pulls together the stuff people are bookmarking in Delicious about WordPress.

I have added pretty much zero value to this, however, all the hard work was done by Steph and released by his department for folk to use. The script is called Bookmarklist.

The best way to use the site is to dig down in the results with the tag cloud in the top right of the screen. So, if it is WordPress themes you are after, just click themes in the tag cloud. Likewise with plugins, or maybe tutorial.

Hopefully this will be a useful resource, not least because it will keep itself updated more or less automatically. After all, no-one’s going to stop bookmarking WordPress stuff for a while, are they?

Sarah Brown blog – No 10 team just does it

July 11, 2009

Great work from the webbies at Number 10. Wanting a way to let Sarah Brown discuss some of the activities going on around the G8 summit, they produced a great quick-and-dirty solution by hosting a blog using the free WordPress.com platform.

It’s perfect for a time limited site like this, and what’s more they have managed to get it looking great too.

An awesome example of JFDI in action!

Bookmarks for June 3rd through July 4th

July 4, 2009

Stuff I have bookmarked for June 3rd through July 4th:

I want to – Phil Bradley's awesome blog of web 2.0 tools and services.
Online debate community for logical, passionate people – CreateDebate – CreateDebate is a social tool that democratizes the decision-making process through online debate.
Downloads « Building a DIY website – Useful stuff for community websites
Barack Obama won using ‘old school’ technology, says his campaign manager | Media | guardian.co.uk – "David Plouffe, mastermind of Obama's 'web 2.0 campaign', downplays role of Facebook and Twitter in US election victory"
LocalGov.co.uk – Your authority on UK Local Government > Local Government News & Analysis > Council freezes Twitter account after insult gaffe – "How anyone could ever suggest that a public body could control a Twitter account is beyond me."
CLASSIC!

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