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A quick start guide to Twitter

You will all be delighted to know that I have written a handy quick-start guide to Twitter for people who work in and around government! I have had loads of requests for this, from people who can see that Twitter…

Government 2010

Government 2010 looks like it will be a lot of fun. It’s a conference about the future of government: Government 2010 is about improved government communications and more rapid delivery of services to citizens via the web, and web-enabled channels.…

Google blogs to follow

One of the things I like about Google is the number of blogs they have, used by many of the teams at the company to document their work and share some good stuff. Here are some of the ones I…

UKGovCamp 2010 taking shape

After just one day, interest is already starting to build up for January’s barcamp. We have had a tonne of responses to the register of interest form, which is awesome, and have made significant headway in getting the venue arranged.…

UkGovCamp 2010 – #ukgc10

The previous two UK government barcamps have been wonderful events – bringing people together to start and continue conversations about how web developments affect the public sector in this country. If we are going to run the event in January…

Obama’s democracy

Interesting paper from Delib on the approach to government taken by the Obama administration in the States: The reality has certainly been a lot more muted than most geeks would have liked. Nothing overly glam and technologically ground-breaking, but instead…