Archive for October, 2008
I’d forgotten just how much Americans throw themselves into the Halloween spirit. In the UK Halloween lasts for little more than two or three days, but in the States it dominates for a good month before the day itself – and that enthusiasm for all things ghoulish extends into Second Life just as passionately as [...]
I was at the Public Sector Online 2008 conference yesterday, which was talking about the future for public sector websites, moving services and information online, how to integrate social media into the mix, how to achieve efficiency services in a time when government will be increasingly strapped for cash, and how to “reduce avoidable contact”.
That [...]
links for 2008-10-31
DCLG | Online Social Networks – Research Report
Stating the seemingly obvious: “social networking sites are increasingly allowing relationships to be built up with people right across the globe and from all walks of life”
(tags: socialnetworking socialmedia)
links for 2008-10-30
Social networks ‘could replace’ public services
Gartner reports says government could work with online communities to support [...]
I imagine that the blogosphere is going to be awash with responses to Wired’s controversial piece about how blogging is dead. I didn’t want to get left out, so here’s mine!
The Wired article “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004” is certainly worth a read: it starts by saying “Thinking about launching your own [...]
links for 2008-10-24
Delivering Digital Inclusion: An Action Plan
The Government’s plan is up for consultation (till January 19 2009); it explains how, with 17m people in the UK still not using computers but more and more public services being delivered online, digital exclusion is becoming and increasingly urgent social problem.
(tags: ukgovernment ukpolitics)
AppleInsider | Apple’s Mac mini [...]
This afternoon we learned that our chief executive, Alan Bishop, is to leave his job at the Central Office of Information.
Alan’s been in post for about six years, having come from being a former chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi to succeed the previous incumbent, Carol Fisher, in 2002. In COI years that’s quite an impressive [...]
links for 2008-10-22
Tom Reynolds – public sector blogging pioneer
Jeremy Gould offers some genuine nuggets of goodness about the power of blogging in the public sector after meeting with blogging ambulance driver Tom Reynolds, who is also wonderful to follow on Twitter.
(tags: blogging socialmedia publicsector)
Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004
Don’t bother starting a blog, [...]
It’s very strange when you discover that the view you have of the world that you take as obvious and self evident is not in fact shared by everyone. Or even most people.
I’m not talking about the difference of perspective caused by being in a different part of the world or a different culture; or [...]
With the deadline for replies to COI’s consultation on browser testing support looming tomorrow (Friday 17 October, folks! Get your views in now!) an A List Apart article on progressive enhancement caught my eye.
Ever since I’ve been working in web development, the key theme to ensuring browser compatibility has been graceful degradation: that means you [...]
Register | Internet searches stimulate brain more than books
Apparently the internet is good for decision-making and complex reasoning in middle-aged and older adults. Woo-hoo, I’m saved!
(tags: internet)
Palin’s Delusions Worsen
Remember that official report that found that Governor Palin abused her power and violated the ethics act in Alaska? Well, Sarah Palin’s reading is that the report [...]
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