Monthly Archives: May 2010

The home of GovCamp

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Dave

Over the past few years, a number of events have happened which could loosely be described as ‘GovCamps’ – taking the barcamp idea of open space style ‘unconferences’ and governmentising it a bit. Starting with Jeremy’s efforts in 2008, we … Continue reading →

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Face your online fears

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Dave

Silver Surfers’ Day is coming up on the 21st May. Organised by Digital Unite and supported by UK online centres, among others, it’s a national campaign to highlight the opportunities the internet offers people in later life. As a part … Continue reading →

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Why I’m NOT quitting Facebook

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Dave

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Facebook and their privacy issues, as well as their perceived attempts to ‘take over the web’ through their ‘like’ buttons and other integrations with their platform. As a result, quite a few … Continue reading →

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What Learning Pool is all about

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dave

In case you didn’t know…

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Bookmarks for April 30th through May 14th

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Dave

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Should the Public Sector pay for Content Management Systems? « Carl’s Notepad – [with open source] "You will still need to consider the integration aspects but open source products are … Continue reading →

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