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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Web 2.0 North of the Border
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 … Continue reading
Backup! Backup!
Computing in the cloud is great: you get to keep all your data somewhere online, which means that you – and anyone you authorise – can get at it wherever you are. But there can be problems. One is of … Continue reading
Posted in Online Working, Social Media
Tagged backup, cloud computing, ma.gnolia, risk, social bookmarking
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Helen Milner on open processes
I was delighted when UK online centres decided to make their bid for the Digital Mentor fund from CLG, inspired by the community initiative to take a policy initiative by the scruff of the neck over at DigitalMentor.org. Now the … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Communities
Tagged digital mentor, helen milner, uk online centres, voicebox
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Snow business
The snow has made it a tricky week this week, with transport problems and the local school being closed. What’s more, just outside Cambridge, the snow is still falling on DavePress Towers. It’s quite pretty, mind. It’s hasn’t all been … Continue reading
Weathering the storm with a blog
Looks you don’t have to have an environmentally friendly e-magazine to advise residents and local businesses about how to get through the recession. Carl Haggerty points to Devon’s Weathering the Storm site. Like Lincoln, they have got something up that’s … Continue reading
