An online notebook
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An online notebook
I’ve always wanted to own a bookshop. Somewhere nice and quiet, with tables to sit down and read, some sort of tea and coffee arrangement and plenty of books to browse and buy. I’m obviously not ever going to have…
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.…
I keep returning to this post by Headshift’s Lee Bryant, on leadership in the networked society. It’s big, meaty and good. My starting point was the myth that leadership is somehow less important in new, networked organisations. Not so. If…
tweetwally is a terrifically simple site that lets you create your own pages that track what is being said on Twitter. It’s a great way of sharing tweets on a topic with people who perhaps aren’t hardcore Twitter users. I…
Bristolian eDemocracy dudes Delib have published their audit of local authority online consultation offerings across the UK. Delib – Local Authority Audit of Online Consultation It’s interesting reading. Personally, I’m still not convinced I really know what proper consultation looks…
Last week I spoke at the Online Information conference. It was a session about Twitter, where Karen Blakeman did a great job explaining the whole thing, and how organisations can make use of it. Then I stepped up and told…
Some interesting slides from a Canadian perspective of this whole government and the internet thing, from Tamera Kremer. Getting started in the social web: Government 2.0 View more presentations from Tamera Kremer. Found via Craig Thomler‘s excellent eGov AU blog.
You will all be delighted to know that I have written a handy quick-start guide to Twitter for people who work in and around government! I have had loads of requests for this, from people who can see that Twitter…
Thanks to everone who helped out with this vote, hopefully we will have the results soon and that it will be positive news! My village’s community centre has the chance tonight to win a £50,000 grant from the People’s Millions.…
I love technology. Actually, no I don’t. I like the idea of technology, and the potential of it. Actual technology generally makes me swear. Anyway, where was I? So you’ve decided that you need to do something exciting, using technology.…