links for 2008-10-24
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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.
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There’s reportedly a pulse in the Mac mini department, reported all but dead as long ago as May 2007. Let’s hope!
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Doctor reckons that a man of McCain’s age and medical record has a 1 in 4 chance of dying within four years. But it’s okay, because president Palin would be there to unite the country if the worst happened…
links for 2008-10-23
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Someone really, really doesn’t like Second Life. It’s amazing what passions it generates.
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Don’t claim a sickie and then post “Kyle Doyle is not going to work, f— it i’m still trashed. SICKIE WOO!” to your Facebook status …
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Business tips from Steve Jobs that every new (and not so new) entrepreneur) should heed.
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Birmingham buys an island in Second Life. Among the ideas, an interactive 3D map of Birmingham city centre to show the effects of building proposals to form part of the city’s planning consultations.
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The Conservatives have called on the government to explain why supposedly impartial civil servants have intervened in a political argument over how sensitive data on children should be stored and shared.
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One for fans of blogging (in the sense of a medium that can take you behind the scenes to places you’d never usually have access to) and Criminal Minds, the TV series about police profiling. CAUTION: CONTAINS SPOILERS for people not in the US/Canada
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More sage advice on the do’s and do not’s of Twitterdom, including the gold standard: never, EVER, split a single comment across multiple tweets – 140 chars is enough, or you’re saying too much at once.
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FriendFeed’s new “realtime” API has been deployed publicly,and Dave Winer says it’s simple and easy to support.
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Interesting blog piece on a bit of PARC research about how people identify with their avatar in an online environment like Second Life – even if they predominantly use the camera controls to move “out of body”, which apparently most people do. I certainly do that, a lot.
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I’m not a fan of self-help books and the description of “Getting Things Done” doesn’t do much for me. That said I am not that good at time management and could seriously do with more hours in the day. Or do I? I seem to have a process of focussing on what needs doing, doing it, and letting the rest work itself out. Maybe there’s a self-help book in it I should be writing?
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Time tracking, task management and project management: “a web-based service that marries time tracking and task management in a personalized online space with powerful reporting.”
Google Shared Items
October 25, 2008 at 12:19 am
Re Consultation about helping those without access to internet or computers skills… “This publication is only available online – see below to download.” !!! Don’t they get a say?
October 28, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I’ll lend you my copy of GTD if you like? (But be warned, this is a bit like offering someone a toke on your crack pipe).
October 29, 2008 at 12:10 am
I hadn’t noticed that the exclusion report was “only available online” till you pointed it out, Anon – but it was much commented on at today’s Public sector Online conference. Whoops!
And thanks for the offer of the crack pipe, Neil. On balance though I think I’m sticking with the philosophy of “Don’t sweat the small stuff (and it’s all small stuff)” – seems to work for me. Maybe not in time management, but it sure retains my sanity which is somewhat more important to me at the moment!