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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Local TV
I think it’s fair to say that DCMS’s plans for Local TV are mostly terrible. Luckily, people who know a lot more about it that I do are writing it all up. I enjoyed these three posts on the LSE … Continue reading
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. openkent :: home – "Open Kent is where public sector bodies in Kent can publish information about the services they provide." How to do a Crowd | Innovator Inside – … Continue reading
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Tagged cms, Communities, connectors, cookies, crowdsourcing, gds, innovation, kent, localgov, neilwilliams, networkedps, opendata, pr, publishing, simonwakeman, singledomain, socitm
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Thoughts on Google+
Having been playing with Google+ for a while, I’m starting to get to grips with things. I’m seeing it as a place to talk geeky stuff, where I won’t bore the large group of people I am friends with on … Continue reading
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Clay Shirky Says Good Collaboration is Structured Fighting – "Large collaborative projects aren't, in fact, large collaborative projects according to Shirky. They're small collaborative projects with tight groups, that integrate … Continue reading
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Tagged chicago, clayshirky, collaboration, colour, community, democracy, directgov, o'reilly, opendata, opengov, opengovernment, opensource, politics, riots
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Cornwall Council’s social media policy
Fair play to Cornwall Council, who have posted up publicly their social media policy and passport (basically a business case type document and process). You can download them via their social media page. Thanks to Matt Bond, from Cornwall’s Communications … Continue reading
