Cloud computing during a catastrophe

It often amuses people when they learn I was once a Risk Manager at a County Council. I have no idea why. One of my roles at the time was to look after business continuity arrangements – in other words, what the organisation did when something terrible happened. I was well into internet stuff at … Keep reading

Bookmarks for March 13th through March 15th

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. HR in the 21st Century – Collection of very interesting posts and thoughts on HR in the age of Enterprise 2.0 Opinion Space – "The U.S. Department of State is interested in your perspectives and input on a series of important foreign policy questions. "Opinion … Keep reading

Bookmarks for March 8th through March 13th

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Roundup: Social Media Monitoring Tools – WebWorkerDaily – Useful list of dashboard-like monitoring tools. It is not about our App, It is about the User’s Data and Context | Zoho Blogs – “…whichever app the user happens to be, it pulls relevant information from other … Keep reading

Importance of mobile

Mobile platforms are going to be ever-increasingly important to government, not least in terms of communicating and consulting with citizens – especially in terms of engaging with the disadvantaged who are more likely to have a mobile phone than a web-connected computer. But there is another side of this too, which is the role that … Keep reading

Google Dashboard

Google now let you see (almost) all the information on (almost) all the services you use with your Google Account, with Google Dashboard. In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we’ve built the Google Dashboard. Designed to be simple and useful, the Dashboard summarizes data for each … Keep reading