DavePress
A blog about technology, culture and the bits in between, with a focus on government and public services. Written and curated by Dave Briggs, founder and director of Kind of Digital. Find out more.
Get my newsletter!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.Stay updated!
Recent Comments
Tags
Apple Blogging cloud collaboration Communities community consultation culture data democracy digitalengagement engagement facebook google government hyperlocal ict idea innovation internet it learning learning pool links localgov localgovcamp local government localgovernment localgovweb mobile opendata opengov opengovernment research socialmedia Social Media Software strategy technology twitter Video web web 2.0 web24gov wordpressCategories
Archives
Blogroll
- Al Kitching
- barcampUKGovWeb
- Beth Kanter
- CivicSurf
- David Wilcox
- Digital Pioneer
- Dominic Campbell
- Ed Mitchell
- Emma Mulqueeny
- Gallomanor
- James Governor
- Jenny Brown
- Jeremy Gould
- John Naughton
- Justin Kerr-Stevens
- Laura Whitehead
- Lee Hopkins
- Lloyd Davies
- LocalGovGlossary
- Mark O’Neill
- Neil Williams
- Neville Hobson
- Nick Booth
- Owen Barder
- Palimpsest
- Paul Canning
- Rui Grilo
- Sharon O’Dea
- Simon Berry
- Simon Dickson
- SoSaidThe.Organisation
- Steph Gray
- Steve Bridger
- Steve Dale
- The Connected Republic
- the interruption
- Thriving Too
- Tim Davies
- Tom Watson MP
Tag Archives: digital
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Nelson Mandela Digital Archives – "Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged africa, archive, audit, danslee, design, digital, digitalengagement, engagement, facebook, government, guide, heritage, history, hyperlocal, localgovernment, mandela, nesta, policy, risk, socialmedia, stephgray, talkaboutlocal
Leave a comment
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Towards Effective Corporate Communications: Let Your Engineers do the Talking – For engineers, replace with any front line public sector worker! John Naughton on The Waste Land app – Great … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged cloudculture, communications, culture, digital, he, highereducation, humanities, humor, ipad, leadership, opendata, poetry, startup, trust
Leave a comment
Bookmarks for April 28th through May 18th
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Local Government Graduate Gripes – "How would a networked, open, innovative, tech-enabled, social recruitment scheme for government work?" 10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 1) | Helpful Technology – Nicely … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged activism, agile, alphagov, Blogging, comms, communications, community, digital, football, govit, govweb, kindofdigital, localgovernment, microparticipation, networkedps, ngdp, opensource, politics, recuitment, socialmedia, websites
Leave a comment
Gov’s role in local digital ecosystems
Many thanks to Will Perrin from Talk About Local, who basically did my job for me in a comment on my last post about local digital communities and economies. The thrust of my post was that having a lively digital … Continue reading
Elements of local digital ecosystems
Apologies for using the word ecosystems – I just couldn’t be bothered thinking of anything less naff. So earlier I blogged about the ways NESTA identified that government can help support local digital activity. I mentioned that there are many … Continue reading
