Dave

Dave

  • Joined: January 6, 2026
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Holidays

A week without any posts here? I must have been on holiday. We spent a week on the Suffolk coast, not far from Southwold (no, I didn’t bump into Gordon), and had a wonderful time. I know the area well,…

links for 2008-07-25

Involve – The Participation Organisation | Deliberative Public Engagement – Nine Principles “Deliberative public engagement is a distinctive approach to involving people in decision-making.” (tags: government web2.0 involve participation)

Digital mentor update

Just a quick post for those who are interested in the digital mentor role which was mooted in the Communities in Control white paper. There has been a terrific response in the comments on my post on the subject, from…

Stratford Bin Calendar

Not the most enticing of titles, possibly, but Stratford-on-Avon Council have launched a neat new service allowing people to easily look up when their bins should be collected (strikes permitting, of course) without the need for scanning long tables of…

My iPhone Apps

Since the iPhone has allowed the installation of third party apps, the utility of the device has increased massively. It just does so much! Here are the ones I find myself using most often: Twitterific – The best twitter client…

links for 2008-07-22

Customize Your WordPress Admin Interface : Codswallop Alter the options that appear on WP-admin for different roles…simplify users’ experience. Brilliant stuff. (tags: wordpress plugin roles administration customise)

MobileMe

MobileMe is a new version of pretty established service from Apple, called .Mac. Essentially, it puts bits of information that are stored on your computer or iPhone, and stores them online for you. This works, because it means that both…

iPhone app test

This is a test post, made from my iPhone using the new application from Automattic, downloadable from iTunes for nothing! Let’s see how well it works…

links for 2008-07-21

Reader Question: Is WordPress Safe To Use? | Performancing.com Article on security in WordPress (tags: wordpress security)

Civil servants and the social web

I spent an interesting morning last Friday at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending a meeting of ‘civil servant bloggers’ – not many of whom, it turned out, actually blogged – to discuss the recent guidelines for online participation. It…

Large female required

I was delighted to be a part of the winning pub quiz team at WordCampUK, not least because it meant that I won a wicked cool dark green WordPress tshirt. I asked the now-legendary quiz host Jon Bounds for a…

links for 2008-07-20

chrisgarrett’s profile » QIK Chris Garrett’s qik page with lots of wordcampuk goodness (tags: wordcamp wordpress chris+garrett qik videoconferencing wordcampuk) Economy Size Geek » Postie WP plugin to make posting by email easier (tags: wordpress plugin blog email postie wordcampuk)

Telegraph switches to Google Apps

Been busy at WorkCampUK so haven’t been following my feeds that closely, but my eye was caught by a post written by Shane Richmond, Communities Editor of the Telegraph’s web presence: I’ve been testing Google Apps within the Telegraph for…

Reflections on WordCampUK

I am typing most of this on the train back from Birmingham, where I have been attending WordCampUK, a two day conference on all things to do with the greatest online publishing platform, like, ever. It was great to meet…

Simon Dickson at WordCampUK

Quick notes on Simon Dickson‘s presentation at WordCampUK: Make big change happen in a small way Didn’t intend to be a WP fanboy, but it just turned out to be the best way of doing things Need for a WP…

links for 2008-07-19

PHP « Programming « Portfolio | lesterchan.net WordPress backup plugin, recommended at wordcampuk (tags: wordcampuk wordpress plugin backup) WordPress for iPhone Mmmmmmmmm (tags: apple blog wordpress iphone workcampuk) Sitewide tags pages for WordPress MU This is the initial release of…