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Neil Williams has a nice post about the way he has built up his network using Twitter: Twitter, the micro-blogging site to rule them all, has introduced me to more relevant contacts more quickly than any other web 2.0 tool.…
I have made another quick addition to Public Sector Bloggers, with the availability of an OPML file to download. Rather than subscribe to the combined feed, you can instead import each individual feed into your RSS aggregator in one go.…
Next weekend is a busy one for webheads in London. Not only is it UKYouthOnline (which I am attending) but also Barcamp London 5 is happening. Sadly, that’s all booked up. But never fear! Harry Metcalfe is organising a spillover…
I’ve been putting a bit of work in updating the Public Sector Bloggers site, which aggregates a load of feeds from folk in the public sector who blog (duh…) in one place. The website gives a quick overview on the…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 19th: TightURL Project Page – Build your own tinyurl type URL shortening service
One of the great arguments in favour of employing social web tools is the fact that they are pretty quick, and usually cheap, to put together. However, that’s not taking into account the other costs, one of which is managing…
I’m working my way through my dead tree reading list, and right now I’m burning through Seth Godin‘s Meatball Sundae. It’s terrific stuff. Here’s one nugget from early on in the book -a list of ‘the foundations of new marketing’.…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 17th: The perfect WordPress host – Simon Dickson has had a barnstorming idea
My idea for the Building Democracy competition is now up and live on the site, awaiting your comments! Please visit the entry and leave your thoughts, even if it is just to say what an amazing vision it is, and…
Bookings are flying in for ReadWriteGov, the social media shindig I am organising along with Fran Paterson, which will be held at Peterborough City Council on 29th October. Responding to a bit of feedback I have received, I have added…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 16th: Cool HTML to BBCode Converter v. 1.2 – Want to copy and paste a blog post into a forum without having to manually change your tags to bbcode? This'll do it for you.
10 Social Media Steps is a guide to how people with very little experience get get engaged with social web tools. Taking in a whole range of different services, from social networks to photos sharing to social bookmarking and blogging,…
Teacamps are the bi-weekly get togethers of people interested in government and the web, which emerged from January’s Barcamp. I don’t get along nearly as often as I would like – something that will hopefully change now I have a…
Next Saturday (September 20th) is Software Freedom Day: Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 13th: Knowledgebase: ICT Hub Knowledgebase – I put a call out on twitter for a UK version of techsoup.org and @LouiseBrown came up with this! wikiHow – The How-to Manual That You Can Edit…
Another local online community, using Ning. Spotted by Steve Dale.
Recently it was announced over at WordPress.com that a new feature had arrived – the ability to have ‘sticky’ posts on your blog homepage. Regular updates are what blogging’s all about, but sometimes you want to keep hot topics or…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 12th: Laconica – Trac – Open source micro blogging platform How to Start a Local Support System Using Social Media – Mashable – Great guide on making a difference with web tools Council leader…
One of the features of a blog is that the posts appear in reverse-chronological order – that is to say, with the latest content first. But there are times when that might not always be appropriate. Let me give you…
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 10th through September 11th: Development Drums – Owen Barder has started a podcast about development issues. Yay! Hex-to-RGB Conversion – Get the RGB equivalents of Hex colour codes in a jiffy Online color chart…