Tag Archives: government

Too busy for Twitter?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave

A common risk associated with public bodies engaging online in spaces like Twitter is that there’s too much interaction to cope with. It’s something that often gets raised when I am talking with clients. E-government bulletin covered the issue recently: … Continue reading →

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Government IT costs – the bloggers’ view

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Dave

Once again, the quality commentary on the latest reports into government IT spending is coming from blogs. Simon Dickson: The real story, such as it is, is the Committee’s apparent recognition that the current process – reliant on a small … Continue reading →

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What I’ve been reading

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dave

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. The Case Against Online Participation and Government As A Platform – "the question is: should we just give up and consider open government and government 2.0 an interesting, nice-to-have, but … Continue reading →

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Crowd sourcing ideas with WordPress

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Dave

For a customer, we at Kind of Digital have been putting together a prototype system using WordPress to crowdsource ideas from the public. We’ve done plenty of reading about previous attempts at this sort of thing, and hopefully have avoided … Continue reading →

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More notes on mobile apps and government

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Dave

I still haven’t really got my head around mobile apps and their use for government services. However, James Coltham wrote up some excellent notes from a meeting up in Scotland on the subject recently: There is definitely a groundswell of interest, … Continue reading →

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