Monthly Archives: January 2010

Ideas, conversations and artists

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dave

As a follow up to my post on the UK .gov blogosphere, a small session was run at the recent govcamp on the state of blogging in the public sector in the UK. The discussion was an interesting one and … Continue reading →

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Moronic reporting of non issues

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dave

Take a look at this story, excitingly titled on the BBC News site “Council Twitter users face rebuke“. Councillors in Cornwall could face being reported to the authority’s standards committee for using social networking sites. The trouble is, no they’re … Continue reading →

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Meeting with Microsoft

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Dave

I had a very interesting hour today, chatting with James Brown and Dave Coplin at Microsoft. James works with the public sector all over the world, while Dave concentrates his effort on the UK. Dave also came along to last … Continue reading →

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Misplaced self belief

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Dave

Great quote, from Chris Collison: How often in an organisational situation do we get carried away with misplaced self-belief, a little (but not enough) knowledge, a little too much ego and an eager desire to just roll up our sleeves … Continue reading →

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More ukgc10 stuff

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Dave

Thanks to Graham for putting together this Wordle produced from the text of all the tweets at Saturday’s govcamp. I like that ‘people’ is the second biggest word, and that ‘good’ is nicely central. He has also made this spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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