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I’ve just found a tool that is making some of my biggest Google woes go away! It’s called cloudHQ, and it’s really cool. You give it access to your cloud storage accounts – such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Evernote…
Here’s the second episode of the podcast, where I chat with Carl Haggerty who does digital at Devon County Council, chairs LocalGovDigital and is a keen promoter of reflective practice at unconferences. Here’s a link to Carl’s blog. Here’s a…
I’m currently on a big mission to sort my online life out. I’m simplifying as much as I can. Shutting down sites, consolidating email accounts, deleting old social media guff I never use. One thing I have been putting off…
I’m pleased to be working with my friends from DXW, writing for their blog on the topic of WordPress, with a particularly slant on using it in the public sector. I’ll be covering stuff from the basics right the way…
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…and you really ought to read it. Dave‘s last book, Business Reimagined, was a cracker. Full of insight, humour and delightfully short. I wrote a bit about it over on WorkSmart. His new one is called The Rise of the Humans…
Here’s an idea for those wanting to get some engagement going within your organisation. Send some emails. Actually, let’s be more specific. Send some really good emails. People are inundated with email at work, and adding to the burden might sound…
Inspired by my friends Lloyd and Robert, I’m starting a regular-ish podcast. Here’s the first episode, where I chat with all round comms supremo Dan Slee, off of Comms 2.0. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/230441292″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] If you would…
Google’s Chromecast is a neat little device that plugs into the back of a television via the HDMI port, and then is supplied with power through a standards mini-USB charger that you might use with a smartphone. It then enables…
Here’s one you can all help me with. When putting together learning materials – particularly aimed at a public sector audience – what’s the best format to use? More specifically – is there any use in using video? Problems with…
SyncSpace looks like a fun, useful app: SyncSpace provides a zoomable drawing space that can be sketched on by multiple collaborators, at any time, over the net. No files to send around, no versions to worry about. You’re all sharing…
Did you know I have an email newsletter? You probably do, and are fed up of me going on about it. Sorry. It’s called Daveslist, and you can sign up for it at daveslist.io. The newsletter is basically a list…
As well as being the world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon is also one of the main providers of cloud based computing services. They offer a dizzying array of different services and platforms, enabling anyone with a credit card to get access…
No, really. try it. Try Doorbell is a fantastic podcast by my friends Robert Brook and Lloyd Davis. It’s a great listen – some tech, some culture, some wittering. Here’s the feed URL so you can subscribe in your favourite…
ThinkUp is a great little service for anyone who likes to track how they are doing on the social sites Twitter and Facebook. Rather than relying on some arbitrary grading system like Klout, ThinkUp instead provides simple, clear feedback on…
I worry about backups. Do you worry about backups? The best way to have backups is to ensure you have three copies of everything important and one of those ought to be somewhere other than where your computers are kept.…
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Fasincating listening. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/62010118″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Lloyd Davis and I recorded another podcast recently, on the topic of blogging. Here’s Lloyd’s post with some helpful links to follow up on.
Since work is now WorkSmart and I am retiring Kind of Digital as a professional thing, I thought it was time to sort out my blog. After all, kindofdigital.com was once davepress.net and before that many incarnations over the years…