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Another WordPress blog post at dxw
I’ve blogged over at dxw on the topic of customising your WordPress dashboard with screen options.
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An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
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Podcasts you might like
As well as making my own podcast, I also love listening to those created by other people. Here are some of my favourites – maybe you will like them too! Try Doorbell Robert Brook and Lloyd Davis chanter on about…
Problogging
I’m hugely envious of folks like Shawn Blanc and Ben Thompson. Their job is their blogs! How lucky is that? This year I’ve really got into the content-producing swing of things – dunno if you’ve noticed. With this blog settled…
Recording podcasts
A few people have asked how I go about recording my podcast. So I don’t need to keep repeating myself, I thought it worthwhile to write it up here. Skype So, the format of my podcast is usual an interview,…
Podcast episode 4 – Andy Mabbett
Here’s the fourth episode of the podcast, where I chat with Andy Mabbett, twitcher birder extraordinaire and Wikipedian par excellence. He’s also done a bit of web work in local government. Here’s a link to download the original mp3 file if…
Don’t try to delight the undelightable
With reference to my previous post, I was intrigued to see this pop up via Seth Godin: If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
Where should internal communications efforts be focused?
I was part of an interesting discussion recently where internal communications was being debated. It was revealed that only 40% of staff were engaged with the communications coming from the corporate centre. The conversation focused on what could be done…
Bookmarking
I’ve started properly bookmarking again, using Pinboard. If you want to quickly see the latest things I’ve bookmarked, they are in the right hand sidebar on this blog – just below the email subscription options. Alternatively you could look at…
Challenges facing local government
I spent a really enjoyable morning today at Devon County Council, facilitating an internal unconference. It was a senior managers’ get together, a regular event, which normally has a proper agenda and proper presentations. The idea was to turn things…
Another podcast with Lloyd
Lloyd and I recorded another podcast last week.
Podcast episode 3 – Helen Reynolds
Here’s the third episode of the podcast, where I chat with Helen Reynolds who helps organisations do great digital stuff at Social for the People, and is an all round good egg. Apologies to our listener, and to Helen, as my Skype connection dropped…
John Oliver explains net neutrality
Net neutrality is a very important but sadly also very complicated topic. In this video, US based British comedian John Oliver has a go.
The ‘Rong’ way to do agile
Atlassian have some amusing videos on how not to run agile projects. Enjoy!
Links on dxw
I’ve posted a link roundup post over on the dxw site that you might be interested in.
Blog academy
I’m running a day long workshop in London on the topic of blogging – might you be interested? Here’s the skinny: Join Dave Briggs for a day’s practical, hands-on workshop learning how to be a better blogger! There are only…
WordPress, plugins and security
I’ve blogged about WordPress, plugins and security over on the dxw blog.
cloudHQ – fantastic cloud syncing tool
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…
Podcast episode 2 – Carl Haggerty
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…
Google account hell
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…
Blogging about WordPress for DXW
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…