Monthly Archives: October 2010

Almost live transparency from Greater Manchester Police

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dave

A really interesting experiment is happening in Manchester today, thanks to the local police force. Greater Manchester Police are, according to their website, publishing details of every incident that it deals with on Twitter to allow the public to see … Continue reading →

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Big and small societies

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dave

I had the pleasure on this lunchtime of spending time with Nick Booth – the man (the legend?) behind Podnosh, and the phenomenon that are Social Media Surgeries. What I love about Nick is that he is a connector – … Continue reading →

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101 cool tools: Addictomatic

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dave

Second in my series of posts highlighting 101 cool online tools is Addictomatic. It’s a great little service for doing instant online monitoring. Just feed the homepage with a search term, and it will quickly come back to you with … Continue reading →

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Ideas in Barnet and budgets in Walsall

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dave

Another example of a nice informal council website asking for ideas – this time in Barnet and focusing on financial issues. How can the council save money? Meanwhile, Walsall Council is using Delib’s Budget Simulator tool to get residents engaged … Continue reading →

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How I use online stuff

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dave

Carl has posted a couple of interesting bits about how he uses social websites, and how this is changing: Shaking up my social networks Why can’t Online be more like Offline? I don’t tend to think about what I use … Continue reading →

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