An online notebook
This week we ran a webchat on the What Next for Localism site in partnership with NALC, on the topic of 21st century councillors. You can read the archive via the CoverItLive widget on that site. On Monday next week, I’ll be popping down to Cambridge to take part in a morning’s round table discussion … Keep reading
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: David Wilcox » As the Knowledge Hub faces closure, might a creative Twitter mob help with re-invention? the 73-year old Excel spreadsheet artist Make and share useful lists | Gini Google Reader alternatives | Gini Some things I’ve learnt about public speaking | John Graham-Cumming Evan … Keep reading
I had an interesting chat last week with someone from a fairly large NGO who wanted to start using online tools to engage people with their work. As usual, there were no easy answers. However, there is an answer, only it takes a bit of explaining and rather a lot of doing. The problem is … Keep reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Are open standards a closed barrier? | Government Digital Service – "Fresh out of a roundtable discussion on the Open Standards: Open Opportunities consultation, Linda Humphries discusses whether open can really mean closed." eParticipation needs to be carefully integrated into the complex world of existing participation … Keep reading
I’m always going on about how, if you want people to give up their time to help you out, then you need to make it easy for them to do so, else they won’t bother. Stefan has a lovely example, which he documents at admirable length on his blog. I have laboured all of this … Keep reading