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Awesomeness off of the internet for December 27th to December 29th: Boredometer now on Facebook @ Plings Blogs – "The Plings social network site application, Boredometer is now available for local authorities to offer to young people in Facebook, after…
I’ve had an iPhone for about 18 months now. In the summer, I upgraded from my 8gb first generation model to a 32gb 3GS. It’s awesome, and with the 3G, extra processor speed and storage, plus improvements to the camera…
Bit of a late one this, but WordPress 2.9 came out before Christmas. Well worth the upgrade – especially for the image handling stuff and the ease of embedding flash content like YouTube videos. More information in this video:
Enterprise 2.0 is a label Andrew McAfee coined to describe the use of collaborative tools within large organisations, focused on the benefits this offers to non-technical managers rather than technology-for-technology’s sake enthusiasts. In other words: blog, wikis, forums, and social…
Mobile platforms are going to be ever-increasingly important to government, not least in terms of communicating and consulting with citizens – especially in terms of engaging with the disadvantaged who are more likely to have a mobile phone than a…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 22nd to December 23rd: Small Business Blog – You’re the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com – Nice blog from the NY Times on 'the art of running a small business' Nixle – "Trusted neighborhood…
Government 2.0 seems to be a well established meme in many parts of the world, but doesn’t seem to have taken root at all in the UK. I can understand why people might think that is a Good Thing –…
The final report from Australia’s Government 2.0 Taskforce has been published. I’ve not had the chance to read it yet, but the summary points sound sane enough: Government 2.0 or the use of the new collaborative tools and approaches of…
Read/WriteWeb has an interesting piece on RSS aggregators, and whether they really matter any more: One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 17th to December 21st: 60+ Useful Adobe AIR Applications You Should Know – Interesting list of uses for Adobe Air – it's not just Twitter clients! Tomorrow’s IT Leaders will come in from…
(This is one of those posts I really seriously considered not posting, because I’m not sure whether I am talking bollocks here or not. Please leave comments, letting me know one way or the other.) Here’s an assumption of mine…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 12th to December 17th: Let’s stop talking about “backups” – “But let’s stop talking about “backups.” Doing a backup is too low a bar. Any experienced system administrator will tell you that they…
Michael Krigsman’s blog, IT Project Failures, is well worth subscribing to. He recently shared a really interesting slidedeck on how projects can go wrong, and how it can be avoided: Why Projects Fail: Obstacles and Solutions View more documents from…
We’ll keep it *very* local so as to not get confused with UKGC10. This will be an all-day event on (or around) 25 Feb in partnership with IDeA. Venue will be Central London. Exact date and location tbc. Themes will…
Interesting! Google Apps will also help conserve resources in the city’s Information & Technology Agency (ITA), which is responsible for researching, testing & implementing new technologies in ways that make Los Angeles a better place to live, work and play.…
I’ve always wanted to own a bookshop. Somewhere nice and quiet, with tables to sit down and read, some sort of tea and coffee arrangement and plenty of books to browse and buy. I’m obviously not ever going to have…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 9th to December 11th: blip.tv (since 2005) – Great videos from the recent online O'Reilly Government 2.0 shindig. Enterprise Wiki Software Guide – Tools and Capabilities | Future Changes – "Looking for a…
It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots.…
Awesomeness off of the internet for December 6th to December 8th: Local Government Data – The Government will encourage local government to release local public data and make it free for reuse, and establish an open-platform local data exchange. Assistly…
I keep returning to this post by Headshift’s Lee Bryant, on leadership in the networked society. It’s big, meaty and good. My starting point was the myth that leadership is somehow less important in new, networked organisations. Not so. If…