An online notebook
We’ll keep it *very* local so as to not get confused with UKGC10. This will be an all-day event on (or around) 25 Feb in partnership with IDeA. Venue will be Central London. Exact date and location tbc. Themes will be relevant to anyone working with local government in the social media/digital engagement space. We … Keep reading
It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots. But the world has moved on. Both print and broadcast media have steadily moved away … Keep reading
Vicky, from Boilerhouse and Socitm, pops by to tell us about the latest developments with the public sector web professionals network. On 27 November, Socitm will be holding a workshop as the first stage in a project to define a professional skills framework for people who work on public sector websites. This is part of … Keep reading
And open data! I’ve got to declare an interest here. I’m a cofounder of Timetric – so I, of course, think that open data is a really great thing and we need a lot more of it! The panel for this session is chaired by Ewan Mackintosh, a 4iP commissioner, joined by: Paul Canning from … Keep reading
This panel, chaired by Computer Weekly‘s Tony Collins, started with a call from the stage to stop twittering; sit there, and cover our eyes and mouth. That’s the experience of digital exclusion. According to Martha Lane Fox’s research, 10 million people (a sixth of the UK!) have never used a computer; 17 million people (nearly … Keep reading