DavePress
A blog about technology, culture and the bits in between, with a focus on government and public services. Written and curated by Dave Briggs, Learning Pool's Community Evangelist. Find out more.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Bookmarks for October 25th through October 28th
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 25th through October 28th: Read Write Gov | PhillipDade.com – Phillip, who works on the web team at Great Yarmouth Council, gives ReadWriteGov a mention. Good on him! solutions4inclusion – Home – Useful looking … Continue reading
Arts and Ecology
My good friend William Shaw has started working at the RSA recently, and is writing a blog called Arts & Ecology. William is a fabulous writer and has been blogging for while, and really Gets It. He also has some … Continue reading
ReadWriteGov is this Wednesday!
This Wednesday sees the first of hopefully many ReadWriteGov events taking place at Peterborough City Council. It’s going to be a great day, with some excellent speakers, all of whom are working within the public sector trying to get things … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Featured
Tagged government, readwritegov, Social Media, ukgovweb, web 2.0
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Bookmarks for October 22nd through October 25th
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 22nd through October 25th: Leopard: How to Install WordPress – How to get wordpress running locally on a mac Digital Inclusion – Communities and neighbourhoods – Communities and Local Government – "While the majority … Continue reading
Phishing in plain english
The trouble with explaining some of the risks of using online services is that they can be damn complicated. Which is why having resources like this is so wonderful. Common Craft have produced a short video explaining what the practice … Continue reading
New Zealand Gov blog
The New Zealand State Services Commission has started a blog – you can find it here. In their words: We’re aiming to build thought leadership around significant work programmes, including Authentication, Strategy and Policy and Web Standards, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, E-Democracy, Featured
Tagged Blogging, govblogs, government, govweb, new zealand
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Bookmarks for October 17th through October 22nd
Stuff I have bookmarked for October 17th through October 22nd: Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS) – "The Information Fair Trader Scheme sets and assesses standards for public sector bodies. It requires them to encourage the re-use of information and reach … Continue reading
CLG, Youth Advisors and YouTube
CLG have added a whole load of fresh material to their YouTube account, which includes clips from minister Hazel Blears’ trip around the subcontinent and some from the department’s youth engagement work. One of my favourites is this, from the … Continue reading
Twitter, qwitter and keeping up with your followers
Qwitter is an unusual service in that it fills a need that probably doesn’t exist. It simply tells you that someone has stopped following you on Twitter, and what your last tweet was before they did the deed, in case … Continue reading