An online notebook
I’m going to be speaking at and chairing an event run by Public Sector Forums this Thursday, which is going to be all about how local authorities could be using social web technology to reach out to citizens. I’m going to be joined by some great speakers, including my good friends Paul Canning, Tim Davies … Keep reading
Stephen Hale at the FCO has an excellent, interesting and important post about measuring the success of the London G20 Summit site. With wonderful openness and transparency, Stephen has set out some of the factors by which the site’s success could be measured, along with the results. Its fascinating reading, and provides lots of lessons … Keep reading
In an article on the BBC Technology News page, I read about how the British web-going public are really getting into online video: British demand for online video sites has shot up over the past year, according to a new report. Written by research firm Hitwise it found that UK internet traffic to video websites … Keep reading
I’m going to be facilitating an online conference with Steve, Ingrid and others, which will be all about encouraging councillors to make better use of social web technology. It will be happening on a Community of Practice, meaning that there is no limit on how many people can be involved, and no travelling either! Here’s … Keep reading
…that is struggling with some of this stuff. Take a look at Phil Bradley’s marvellous post, railing against the attitudes of CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals): The next section really did make my jaw drop. “In terms of “official” activity, cyber life is just like real like (sic) – if it … Keep reading