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Monthly Archives: August 2011
ScotGovCamp tickets available
The wonderful Lesley Thomson has once again put together ScotGovCamp for another year. It takes place in Aberdeen on Saturday, September 24. All the details and booking is here. Don’t forget the event blog and networking group. Not sure if … Continue reading
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Ministry of Lorem: filler text generated from UK government press releases – Bonkers but strangely compelling site from @lesteph Social media can help riot-hit communities recover – "In all the … Continue reading
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Skunkworks videos
Today I came across two useful videos featuring Mark O’Neil – a CIO in central government and the guy that heads up the government skunkworks – talking about his work. They can be found via the UKauthorITy site: Skunkworks: How … Continue reading
Evaluating digital engagement
A record number of people took part in our live web chat on evaluating online engagement. Whilst in the course of the hour we didn’t exactly solve the issues, the discussion threw up some great examples and ideas and everyone … Continue reading
What is Google Docs?
Here’s another quick one page guide, this about about Google Docs. If you can’t see the embedded version below, you can head to the Kind of Digital site and download a PDF. What is Google Docs? View more documents from … Continue reading
