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I have just come back from a meetup in Birmingham of folk interested in the Digital Mentor concept and how we can all collaborate on a bid. I got to meet some great people for the first time, and catch…
Simon Dickson reports that Stephen Hale, the FCO’s “Head of Engagement, Digital Diplomacy” is now blogging: Makes sense for numerous reasons of course, not least as a means of setting a good example for colleagues. I mean, would you trust…
Stuff I have bookmarked for November 7th through November 11th: Where Have You Wheelie Bin? – Share your photos of wheelie bins. Via Tom Watson. sipgate.co.uk – free phone service over your broadband link – voice over ip provider. –…
I will shortly be heading down to London to eDemocracy08, Headstar‘s annual shindig for anyone interested in how technology and democracy can be improved by one another. I actually have some involvement at this year’s event, having being generously invited…
I have finally gotten round to posting up some of the content from the ReadWriteGov event in Peterborough last month. Sadly there is no audio as the acoustics in the room, coupled with the lack of a lapel mic, meant…
I love the social media surgery concept, which was pioneered by Pete Ashton in Birmingham, used by me at UK Youth Online and then turned into something amazing by Pete, Nick and others in Birmingham. I think there is a…
Things are starting to pick up with the digital mentors initiative, which is a part of the digital inclusion programme supported by the department for Communities and Local Government. There is now the option to express an interest in tendering…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 30th through November 6th: Change.gov – Obama's pre-inauguration website. *Great* URL! Sunderland Community BarCamp – Sunderland Council appear to be hosting their own Barcamp. Crazy! Innovation Catalyst | The Young Foundation – "Despite all…
Sorry for the light blogging of late, but I have been jolly busy of late, not least with moving house. I’m now resident in Cottenham, near Cambridge. Do come and say hello if you are ever nearby. Here’s a couple…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 25th through October 28th: Read Write Gov | PhillipDade.com – Phillip, who works on the web team at Great Yarmouth Council, gives ReadWriteGov a mention. Good on him! solutions4inclusion – Home – Useful looking…
The real value of Twitter is in the network, and if you are just starting out with it, and don’t have many people to follow, or much of a following yourself, it can seem a bit quiet, depressing and pointless.…
My good friend William Shaw has started working at the RSA recently, and is writing a blog called Arts & Ecology. William is a fabulous writer and has been blogging for while, and really Gets It. He also has some…
This Wednesday sees the first of hopefully many ReadWriteGov events taking place at Peterborough City Council. It’s going to be a great day, with some excellent speakers, all of whom are working within the public sector trying to get things…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 22nd through October 25th: Leopard: How to Install WordPress – How to get wordpress running locally on a mac Digital Inclusion – Communities and neighbourhoods – Communities and Local Government – "While the majority…
The trouble with explaining some of the risks of using online services is that they can be damn complicated. Which is why having resources like this is so wonderful. Common Craft have produced a short video explaining what the practice…
The New Zealand State Services Commission has started a blog – you can find it here. In their words: We’re aiming to build thought leadership around significant work programmes, including Authentication, Strategy and Policy and Web Standards, as well as…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 17th through October 22nd: Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS) – "The Information Fair Trader Scheme sets and assesses standards for public sector bodies. It requires them to encourage the re-use of information and reach…
CLG have added a whole load of fresh material to their YouTube account, which includes clips from minister Hazel Blears’ trip around the subcontinent and some from the department’s youth engagement work. One of my favourites is this, from the…
Qwitter is an unusual service in that it fills a need that probably doesn’t exist. It simply tells you that someone has stopped following you on Twitter, and what your last tweet was before they did the deed, in case…
Some news from the ColaLife campaign… as part of the submission to Google for the 10^100 competition, a 30 second video has been created. And it’s lovely: [HTML1] Please visit the YouTube page and mark the video as a favourite,…