An online notebook
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Solace 2010 write up; Localism, hash tags and a reflection on priorities – Great write up from Catherine Howe. Thriving too: Big Society: Yours Mine and Ours – "So how do smaller networks, organisations and projects engage with Big Society if they don’t feel completely … Keep reading
Simon Dickson reports on the new site from the UK Government which currently aggregates news from around the country on what help is available to help businesses and individuals through the current economic difficulties. Fundamentally, in this initial build, it’s a news aggregation site – pulling together material not just from national sources, but regional … Keep reading
RSS is a great technology, one of those that underpins the new usefulness of the web. It’s a simple way of keeping in touch with what is happening in lots of different places, without having to keep visiting lots of sites every day. Here’s a video from those wonderful Common Craft folk explaining RSS better … Keep reading
DFID have launched a new blogging platform, with various members of the department who are based abroad telling their stories through a group blog. The site looks beautiful, which is perhaps to be expected when you consider that it was put together by arch government wordpresser Simon Dickson. Simon writes about the site: I can’t … Keep reading
Quick notes on Simon Dickson‘s presentation at WordCampUK: Make big change happen in a small way Didn’t intend to be a WP fanboy, but it just turned out to be the best way of doing things Need for a WP ecosystem – WP now mature enough to require/support a real community PHP geeks not enough … Keep reading