An online notebook
An online notebook
There was a debate raging late last week about the needs of digital in local government (again). I wrote up some thoughts to share with everyone – I was feeling somewhat limited by the 140 character confines of Twitter –…
I’ve done a fair bit of councillor training on digital in the past. Every time it focuses on social media, digital engagement and how members can use the web to interact with the public. It usually goes away, people have…
I’ve seen a few comments bouncing about Twitter and other places debating the meaning of the word digital, and why it hasn’t caught on in some places at all. I’ve also seen some people saying that ‘digital’ is an unhelpful…
I spend a lot of my time at the moment talking about digital capability. To my mind, this means the ability of people throughout an organisation to make the most of the opportunities offered by digital technology. Capability is less…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better | Helen Milner Barcamp NotForProfits | dxw (I’ll be there representing @tasksquadhq) Digital local government: a future in Google…
Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. About change, defaults and disruption – “large organisations are racing against start-ups to stay relevant”. Great stuff from Anne McCrossan Creating a minimum viable product using…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: An Open Letter to Software Suppliers – 13 Ways to Help the Public Sector to the Cloud – @copley_rich Why the obsession with “coding” misses the point – from @jjn1 “Whatsapp…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Building an Open Source Laptop | MAKE Moving to GOV.UK – the MHRA experience so far How many people does it take to tame the Digital Dragon? (digital skills for all!)…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Don’t drown in email! How to use Gmail more efficiently twister : peer to peer microblogging platform (interesting from privacy/decentralisation angle) Why blogging still matters in business – and always will…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: emacs bites – learn emacs and lisp in bite sized chunks The real deal | by @helenmilner Citizens Advice Bureau: showing things aren’t working as they should Remembering the Apple Newton’s…