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An online notebook
Nicely put by Gerry McGovern: Over the years I have been struck by how awfully designed internal systems are. Most internal tools I come across are more like instruments of torture than the drivers of efficiency they are supposed to…
Go and vote. Oh, and I love Google’s logo today:
A question was asked in the social media community of practice (various levels of authentication required) about using web 2.0 technology to support learning. I couldn’t help myself… Blogging Using blogs to record and share learning is a really nice…
I’ve had a pretty settled tech line-up for a while, which works really well for me. Essentially – 24” iMac on the desktop, MacBook Air for the portable and an iPhone for the really portable. The iMac is fine for…
Two long, thoughtful and interesting posts from Tim O’Reilly: The State of the Internet Operating System Handicapping the Platform Wars
As well as blogs, tweets and reports that are published online, I spend quite a bit of time reading books too. They are often great for the bigger picture stuff which requires a bit of thought and chewing over. Here’s…
I rather like this, from Gartner’s Mark McDonald: While the future will require IT to deliver enterprise specific strategies and initiatives there are a few considerations to keep mind: Productivity is different than efficiency and those differences matter It is…
The latest in the seemingly unstoppable movement of localgovcamps is happening today, in Cheltenham. It’s subject specific, and is going to be all about project management and that sort of thing. Great work by the team at Cheltenham Borough Council…
I had a lovely time on Saturday at Barcamb, a techie unconference in Cambridge. Quite a bit techier, actually, than I’m used to – but that offered a different perspective on things, which was rather nice. It also meant catching…
Hampshire County Council’s Head of IT Jos Creese is the President of Socitm for the next 12 months, and if this quote is anything to go by, he seems an ideal man for the job: IT professionals must carve out a…