LocalGovGlossary now in LGSearch

The Local Government Glossary wiki project is going well, with four volunteers already adding content. As this is an ever growing, and potentially significant resource, I’ve added the wiki to LGSearch.

Bubbl.us – online mind mapping

Bubbl.us is a great service. It allows you to create mind maps within your web browser. You can share them with other people, and collaborate on them too. A great way of mapping out projects with people who aren’t geographically close. I’ve created a quick map to show how it can work. It’s about social … Keep reading

Are You Connected?

Nice article from The Guardian: This week came the news that “William Wales” had joined the social networking site Facebook. Yesterday there was much argument about whether it was a hoax or not. Would Prince William really post a profile on the net? The answer is: well, why not? After all, this is how most … Keep reading

WordPress 2.2

There’s a new version of WordPress out for those who host their own blogs. The main change seems to be the incorporation of the widgets plugin as a part of the base code. Dougal Campbell lists the main changes: Atom feeds updated to Atom 1.0 Preliminary support for Atom Publishing Protocol Widgets are now supported … Keep reading

Virtual Communities

Right, the virtual community is now live, kinda. You can find it at http://virtualcommunities.eu. Be warned: it isn’t pretty. But prettiness can come later. So, the point of this site is to create a community platform using different social media services. The point being that I already have a blog, and a flickr account, so … Keep reading