Tame your Twitter stream
Not sure how I had never come across this before, but Tame is super useful! You set up an account as with all these services, and then connect to your Twitter account. Tame then goes away and comes back with…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Mightybell looks like a nice community platform
I’m really liking the look of Mightybell as a community platform. The people behind Ning are now starting up this new venture, which seems to incorporate a lot of the thinking of community management experts like Richard Millington at Feverbee.…
Tips for running a LinkedIn group
I’ve just started a LinkedIn group on the topic of digital skills in the workplace. You are very welcome to join. I have to admit – I’ve not done much with LinkedIn groups before, and while much of it is…
How WordPress as a Platform helps nimble project delivery
WordPress started as a blogging engine, then became a content management system, and these days is a platform for the development of simple web applications. After all, an awful lot of applications are basically just about putting bits of text…
Congratulations Mary
Some amazing news over the winter break for my friend and inspiration, Mary McKenna. First she receives an MBE in the new year’s honours list, for services to Digital Technology, Innovation & Learning. Then she announces her first new role…
Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Don’t drown in email! How to use Gmail more efficiently twister : peer to peer microblogging platform (interesting from privacy/decentralisation angle) Why blogging still matters in business – and always will…
Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Newspapers: Community, priorities and platforms Experiments in a new local economics (UK) | REconomy Why mobile first might not be best for Universal Credit | Helen Milner Introducing the Intel® Galileo…
Snapchat, WhatsApp and the rise of anti-social networking
Apparently, private messaging service WhatsApp has overtaken Facebook messaging as the goto mobile messaging platform. I can understand why growing numbers of people are picking up on private messaging services like WhatsApp, SnapChat and so on – particularly young people.…
A bit more on #networkedcllr
This morning’s round table, held by EELGA with the support of Public-i, was an enjoyable couple of hours, hearing about how councillors and others involved in local democracy see the future of the role and the impact the internet and…
Networks of Outrage and Hope
Video where the excellent Manuel Castells examines new social movements, new forms of change and political democracy in the global network society.