An online notebook
After a break of a week, the guest posts are back! This time it’s Mark Pack, who has written a handy guide for councillors on how to get to grips with the net. It is pretty rare these days to find a councillor who doesn’t use the internet, at least occasionally. However, in part because … Keep reading
Those who attended, or would have liked to have done, the Google event last week might be interested in a new group we have set up: http://groups.google.com/group/googlelocalgov To talk about how local government can use Google tools. Though this isn’t an official Google space, it will have Google folk as members who will be able … Keep reading
Some dead interesting stuff popped up when I logged in this morning – all worth giving a read: Facebook buys FriendFeed Lots of people seem to be quite upset about this one. Friendfeed is still a pretty niche service, even by the standards of the social web, so this isn’t that seismic a change. The … Keep reading
Here’s a list of some of the coverage of Friday’s event… I’ll keep it updated with everything I come across: Ingrid Koehler: Despite all the slickness and the fabulous hospitality, the day was kind of a near miss. Google knows there’s money in the public sector (maybe less than there has been, but still a … Keep reading
From Google’s LocalGov event today, Alex Nurenberg talked us through the steps you can take to make sure your website works – in other words that visitors find what they want quickly, especially when they come in via a search engine or advert. Bring me to the right page Make your homepage useful Help me … Keep reading