An online notebook
Light posting in these parts recently. I’ve been somewhat distracted by the so-far unsuccessful job hunt. I have had a couple of pieces published elsewhere though. Firstly, a post on Comms 2.0 about mobile: The growth in popularity of messaging applications, such as Whatsapp, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Kik and others have caused a few communicators … Keep reading
An occasional effort to link to interesting things I have seen. Not convinced about the format yet – let me know what you think. One of my current obsessions is around mobile messaging apps. This interview with the CEO of Kik helps explains why this space is so exciting. Slack has bought a company that … Keep reading
On Saturday at GovCamp 2015, Mike Bracken announced the enabling strategy, the approach GDS is developing to deliver something they call government as as platform. Here’s the nice, short video that explains it: Now, this is very sensible and it is hard to argue against it. The one quibble I have is whether this really … Keep reading
I’m really pleased to be helping out my good fried Jude Habib with the Social Media Exchange event, which is coming up early in February. There are still a few places available, so I thought I would let folk know about it here. Here’s the skinny: The Social Media Exchange (#SMEX15) takes place on … Keep reading
An occasional effort to link to interesting things I have seen. Not convinced about the format yet – let me know what you think. The digital democracy report was published this morning by the Speaker’s commission on the topic. If you like listening to podcast interviews, you’ll love interviewed.io. Small Pieces, Loosely Joined is an interesting report … Keep reading