100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine I’m looking to give DavePress a redesign – plenty of options here! (tags: wordpress themes design webdesign blog theme css free)

For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report Latest episode of FIR with an interview with me about barcampukgovweb. Hopefully it went ok… (tags: barcampukgovweb podcast fir) Give Powerpoint the Bullet. Do something interesting instead Great notes on planning and…

Research study suggests ‘Google Generation’ is, er, not very good at (re)search A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age – is the most web-literate. (tags: john+naughton…

Dissident: UKGovWeb barcamp event roundup. Steve Dale’s barcamp write-up (tags: barcampukgovweb steve+dale)

Yay for Created in Birmingham! A joint Guardian Media Innovation Award Congratulations to Created in Birmingham! (tags: createdinbirmingham birminghamuk guardian) Quick, Easy and Fun – BarCampUKGovweb Shane McCracken from Gallomanor on the barcampukgovweb (tags: barcampukgovweb gallomanor) 11 Power Tips for…

Results from Barcamp UK Gov SoSaidThe.Organization’s writeup of some of the barcamp outputs. (tags: barcampukgovweb) Barcamping with Government David Wilcox’s view of the great government barcamp! (tags: barcampukgovweb)

jenny-bee.net » Why I love Twitter (barcamp presentation) Jenny Brown on Twitter for her session at the UK Gov barcamp (tags: twitter, jenny+brown) puffbox.com » Archive » Meet the new Puffbox site Simon Dickson is now blogging full time at…

blog.reddit — what’s new on reddit: new features Create your own limited reddit network. Cool! (tags: reddit social bookmarks news digg communities folksonomy)

When someone is trying to make conversation, it’s rude to ignore them Ross Ferguson on DIUS’ attempts at effective online consultation. (tags: DIUS consultation ross+ferguson) Sun Picks Up MySQL For $1 Billion; Open Source Is A Legitimate Business Model Massive…

Using Social Media To Create Social Media Training – Social Media Training “This site explores social media training and provides a resource for those looking to evangelize social media in their organizations.” (tags: socialmedia wiki training web2.0) Fleet Street PR:…

Tips on microphones and related podcast questions : NevilleHobson.com Podcasting tips from Neville Hobson. Very useful! (tags: podcasting, neville+hobson) Next Neville Hobson’s new tech blog. Worth a subscription, folks! (tags: neville+hobson blog wordpress) Steve Jobs Macworld 2008 Keynote Speech Leaked…

Twenty-four Matt Mullenweg is only 24. BASTARD. (tags: wordpress mullenweg young+successful+bastards) SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin… Great! The original version of Sim City (and my favourite) has had its code released under open source…

Sharpfolio: WordPress Portfolio Theme — WebRevolutionary Nice wordpress theme (tags: wordpress theme) Why Use a Desktop RSS Reader? Nick Bradbury argues the case for desktop based RSS readers like his very own FeedDemon. I think he’s right. (tags: article comparison…

Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond – ReadWriteWeb Interesting arguments. (tags: socialmedia web2.0 social collaboration blogging socialnetworking) Bloke finds missus working in brothel | The Register Oh my lord. (tags: brothel shock! horror!)

Allardyce reign ends at Newcastle Absolute madness. (tags: football) Getting started with video Neville Hobson provides some great links and advice for getting video online. Something I am particularly interested in at the moment. (tags: video socialmedia) Oxford Internet Institute…

Big Think – We Are What You Think The thinking man (or woman)’s YouTube. (tags: video ideas politics academic) Search Wikia: Not Even A Remote Threat To Google SearchEngineLand’s take on Search Wikia (tags: search wikia searchengineland) ReadBurner | Public…

Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown. Michael Arrington trashes the alpha launch of Wikia Search, the ‘human powered search engine’. (tags: search wikia) Wikia Search – Miles Behind the Competition Mashable’s view on Wikia Search (tags: google mahalo search wikia)…

Why Facebook wants to corner the market in personal info John Naughton on the Scoble/Facebook kerfuffle. (tags: observer scoble socialnetworking socialnetworks facebook plaxo) How Techmeme Homepage Changes Over Time – Video This Techmeme video clip captures 50 hours of Techmeme…

Lunch_with_Maxwell.pdf (application/pdf Object) Piece by John Naughton on attending a function thrown by Robert Maxwell. Fascinating reading. (tags: robert+maxwell john+naughton) BarCamp wiki / BarCampPOIR8 The event follows the decision to launch a web-based channel as recommended by the Power of…