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Awesomeness off of the internet for December 12th to December 17th:

• Let’s stop talking about “backups” – “But let’s stop talking about “backups.” Doing a backup is too low a bar. Any experienced system administrator will tell you that they have a great backup plan, the trouble comes when you have to restore.”
• SlideShare » Group » Local Government Web Network – “This network aims to bring people together from Local Government who work on the web to share knowledge, collaborate, and discuss ideas. “
• Staying Small in a Big Place: Part 1 // Ordered List // We Make The Web Beautifully Simple – Old post highlighted recently by @robertbrook – good stuff on innovation and getting things done within large orgs.
• World-brand-building mistakes France’s entrepreneurs make – Good stuff in here for any startup.

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 9th to December 11th:

• blip.tv (since 2005) – Great videos from the recent online O'Reilly Government 2.0 shindig.
• Enterprise Wiki Software Guide – Tools and Capabilities | Future Changes – "Looking for a wiki for your team or organization? Do you need to host it on-site, or would you like one that’s hosted for you and ready to go? Do you need to integrate it with other enterprise tools, like email, SharePoint, or your intranet? These are just a couple of the important questions you’ll likely be asking, and one of the following wiki tools may be the right one for you."
• VentureNavigator – Online business support – "VentureNavigator is a free and impartial online business support service for start ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs." Via @futuregov
• Socialreporter | Social media for public services: how about an Open Innovation Exchange? – Great post from David Wilcox on the issues of procuring innovative stuff in government. Maybe something new is needed.
• Click Clever, Click Safe: What happened to resilience? : Tim’s Blog – "The government has just launched it’s Child Internet Strategy Strategy – created by the UK Council on Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) – and it’s not good."

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 6th to December 8th:

• Local Government Data – The Government will encourage local government to release local public data and make it free for reuse, and establish an open-platform local data exchange.
• Assistly – make your customers smile 😉 – Interesting online customer service application:"Turn your customers into evangelists by providing outstanding support"
• Communications, social marketing and behavioural change – "Over the past few years, social marketing has grown in prominence as a branch of marketing that’s focussed on delivering public good from marketing rather than the commercial benefits that sit behind much conventional marketing theory."
• Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0: Draft report for comment | Government 2.0 Taskforce – "Here is the draft Government 2.0 Taskforce report Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0. The Taskforce is seeking your comments and input before finalising the report to go to Government."
• Tweetwally – Create a Tweetwall to Organize and Present Tweets – Am liking this! "A tweetwall lets you display only the tweets you’re interested in from everywhere on Twitter, use it to track hashtags, usernames, and keywords. The possibilities are up to you."

Awesomeness off of the internet for December 2nd to December 6th:

• Checklist for digital youth projects : Tim’s Blog – Very useful – as always! – from Tim.
• Ubidesk – Online workspace for team collaboration – "Collaborate effectively with Ubidesk – the most comprehensive collaboration software. Ubidesk provides a unified workspace for file sharing, document collaboration, and project management with easy-to-use interface."
• Does Directgov Deliver? – Consumer Focus Lab's commentariat site asking for views on DirectGov
• More pay, less wall: the websites that already successfully charge for content – Charles Arthur on charging for online content: "The real solution is "freemium": you offer a lot to lots of people for free (with ads), but you entice those at the high end with paid-for stuff. Never rule out freemium. It's incredibly powerful."
• Leadership is not obsolete in the networked world :: Blog :: Headshift – Remarkably thorough and well thought out post from Lee Bryant

Awesomeness off of the internet for November 29th to December 2nd:

• eGov AU: Getting serious about web analytics in Australian government – join the new group – "To continue the conversation, and begin to recommend some firm ideas for how to proceed in the web analytics space at all levels of Australian government, a Web Analytics For Australian Government group was established at Google at the end of last week, and is already beginning to see some discussion of the topic."
• London’s Digital Neighbourhood Research Project Previewed at London Conferences – Hugh Flouch outlines the hyperlocal ecosystem
• Google Tackles Its “UI Jazz” Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature – "Sometime later today, a small number of Google users will see a new look to Google’s Search Options feature. If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year. And it’s all because Google’s vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer doesn’t like jazz."
• Screenr – Create screencasts and screen recordings the easy way – "Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you’ll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds."
• Measuring Community Health for Online Communities – Free White Paper Download from Lithium Technologies – "Lithium Technologies is breaking ground with the introduction of a new, standard measurement for customer communities: the Community Health Index."