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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Some interesting reading
Some dead interesting stuff popped up when I logged in this morning – all worth giving a read: Facebook buys FriendFeed Lots of people seem to be quite upset about this one. Friendfeed is still a pretty niche service, even … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks, Browsers
Tagged facebook, friendfeed, google, ie6, internet explorer, microsoft
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LocalGovWeb – an exercise in aggregation
I put a tweet out last week pointing people to a new domain, www.localgovweb.com, asking people to complete the form it contained. I asked for people’s: Blog addresses and whether they would like their posts to appear in an aggregated … Continue reading
GoogleLocalGov review
Here’s a list of some of the coverage of Friday’s event… I’ll keep it updated with everything I come across: Ingrid Koehler: Despite all the slickness and the fabulous hospitality, the day was kind of a near miss. Google knows … Continue reading
How to make websites work
From Google’s LocalGov event today, Alex Nurenberg talked us through the steps you can take to make sure your website works – in other words that visitors find what they want quickly, especially when they come in via a search … Continue reading
Posted in Web development
Tagged google, googlelocalgov, local government, web design
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Dave @ Learning Pool
I am rather pleased to be able to let everyone know that I’m starting work for Learning Pool this month. For those that don’t know, Learning Pool provide e-learning services to the public sector, with a focus on local government. … Continue reading
