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I spent a very enjoyable day today at an event co-organised by Opportunity Links and 4Children. It was a good chance to listen to some interesting and challenging content about the social web and what young people are actually doing…
Andy Gibson, one of the chaps behind School of Everything, Mind Apples and his own consultancy business Sociability, made a couple of cracking presentations last Monday at the NCVO Information Management event. Sadly I didn’t get to see either as…
I have a 3 mobile broadband dongle, which I bought a ear or so ago just before this stuff started to get cheap 🙁 It’s a pay-as-you-go job, because up till now I haven’t used it on that regular a…
I am enjoying helping with the Voicebox bid for the CLG digital mentor project: those involved like Helen, Anne and Ben from UK online centres are so enthusiastic and eager for the open, collaborative approach they are taking to succeed.…
A little while ago I threatened to start an email newsletter service. Well, I am finally getting to grips with it. My newsletter will be a monthly affair, providing useful hints, tips and links about digital participation, with the usual…
Stuff I have bookmarked for November 12th through November 25th: Government Connect benefits realisation fund – The Government Connect network enables secure data sharing across local and central government, helping to make the process more efficient, and ultimately resulting in…
I had a fun day today at NCVO running a couple of workshops involving the social media game, a great way to put tools into some organisational context. A few participants asked where they could get a copy of the…
Tom Watson points us all to a new wiki for getting the next barcamp for UK (and elsewhere) government webbies going. Sign up and start thinking about you could present about! I have already put down that I’m interested in…
Actually, no it couldn’t, because Rotterdam is a beautiful city, and I am having tremendous fun here with Nick Booth. We are at an R4R event for residents groups throughout Europe, with two aims: to demonstrate the power of the…
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.…