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Some research from Ipsos Mori tells us what we already knew, that using the internet can make disadvantaged people’s lives better. This from the report from 24dash: Based on 20 UK online centre-led projects involving hundreds of local partners, the…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 7th through October 8th: Information Overload? My name is Laura and I confess, I’m an addict. – Great post on infobesityand how to cope with it from Laura Whitehead The top 20 plugins to…
The Open Knowledge Foundation is holding a workshop on ‘Finding and Re-using Public Information’ on Saturday 1 November, at the London Knowledge Lab. The wiki promises the event will: …bring government information experts together with those who are interested in…
DFID have launched a new blogging platform, with various members of the department who are based abroad telling their stories through a group blog. The site looks beautiful, which is perhaps to be expected when you consider that it was…
I’m a type 1 diabetic, which means I have to inject myself with insulin four times a day. It’s great. Anyway, I like to keep my eye out for interesting webby stuff that’s happening in connection with diabetes, and a…
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 5th through October 7th: From server to surfer: anatomy of a website at Helpful Technology – Whilst I rather pompously like to refer to myself as a digital enabler, Steph Gray is rapidly becoming…
The Department for Communities & Local Government did some great work in engaging people with the Empowerment White Paper entitled Communities in Control. Some of the activity included a blog, forum, Twitter feed, online video and photos hosted on Flickr.…
I’ve spent my last two Saturdays at events running social media surgeries. I nicked the idea from Birmingham Blogger extraordinaire Pete Ashton, who has a regular afternoon spot in a cafe, where folk can come and ask quick questions about…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 29th through October 5th: Porn posted on Damilola web forum – Another demonstration of why you have to be always vigilant when managing online communities – especially on high profile sites. Ed Mitchell: Platform…
One of the great about using a blog as a publishing platform is the flexibility of it. Every blog platform worth its salt has a editor built into it, a place online where you can type your stuff and hit…
Lovely piece in Prospect this month from Peter Jukes, talking about the occasionally fractious community of Democrat bloggers in the US: For many in Britain, blogging, especially political blogging, is a bit of a disappointment. Many of our political sites…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 28th: The power of unconference at Helpful Technology – Steph's summary of the ukyouthonline unconference
One of the highlights of yesterday’s UKYouthOnline unconference was Steph Gray‘s presentation of some Forrester research commissioned by DIUS on what online services are regularly used by young people. Steph has generously posted his slides on Slideshare: [HTML1]
It’s been a great start to the day at UKYouthOnline. You can follow the twitter back channel (no snarkiness spotted yet, must be a record) at and I’m uploading a few photos at Do join in by leaving…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 26th: Ning Blog » Toward Youth 2.0 in the UK – Saturday's event and associated network is highlighted on the official Ning blog. Coolio.
I have started a wiki to collect together resources and stories of where local government has used the web in interesting ways. You can find it at – please visit and add any bits you can think of. If…
This post is part of my ’10 Social Media Steps’ series. Find them all here. Introduction The first step in the social media journey is to go and find what other people you might know are up to. As well…
I’m going to be running a session at the NCVO Information Conference on 24th November. I’m facilitating one of the practical workshops, playing the social media game to help delegates put some of what they have learned on the day…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 22nd: Circus clowns silenced by the licensing laws » Communities » 24dash.com – Another step towards ridding the world of the clown menace
The team behind the UK Parliament‘s website – which also includes accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others – have launched a WordPress blog. The Purpose of the blog seems to be focusing on the development of the Parliament website,…