An online notebook
TinyChat is a really cool new service that lets you create simple chatrooms on the fly within your browser. Why is this useful? Well, say you want to get a bunch of people together for a chat, but you don’t know what technology they all have available. Some are on Skype, some not; some are … Keep reading
An awful lot of the posts I write here on DavePress are focused on external communication and collaboration – how organisations can engage and consult better with other people using the web. But there is massive potential in using social web technology internally as well, though it isn’t something I talk about an awful lot. … Keep reading
Duncan Stephan and Alex Stobart are building up an online resource for public bodies in Scotland to help them make the most of social web technology, with a blog called ScotWeb2. Building on the momentum of the successful barcamp-style event held last autumn, they are writing plenty of great content, pointing out good examples of … Keep reading
Steph has released some details of his short survey of the blocking of useful websites within the public sector. The following figures show the percentages of organisations which allow access to each type of site: Google 100% LinkedIn 100% NetMums 100% Wikipedia 97% Digg 97% Google Reader 91% WordPress.com 89% Yahoo account 86% Flickr 83% … Keep reading
Ingrid has a very nice post about the training my good friend Steve Dale and I provided to some folk at the Local Government Association and the Improvement and Development Agency today. I think people left the room enthused. A colleague whose arm I twisted to attend the course (when I was worried it wasn’t … Keep reading