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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.
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Tag Archives: government
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Are open standards a closed barrier? | Government Digital Service – "Fresh out of a roundtable discussion on the Open Standards: Open Opportunities consultation, Linda Humphries discusses whether open can really … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, cloud, cms, democracy, design, drupal, gcloud, gds, government, govuk, guidelines, ict, opengov, opengovernment, opensource, openstandards, participation, plone, principles, squiz, technology, web, wordpress
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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
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Tagged africa, archive, audit, danslee, design, digital, digitalengagement, engagement, facebook, government, guide, heritage, history, hyperlocal, localgovernment, mandela, nesta, policy, risk, socialmedia, stephgray, talkaboutlocal
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Introducing Kind of Digital’s digital engagement training library
Quite excited about this! Affordable, scalable digital engagement training for your whole organisation. Get access to over one hundred instructional videos on how to use digital tools to engage with citizens and communities. From getting started with Twitter and Facebook … Continue reading
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Tagged digital engagement, government, instruction, learning, Social Media, Training, Video
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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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Tagged blog, councillor, design, developers, government, hyperlocal, Jobs, leader, localgovcamp, localgovernment, lorem, opendata, text, ukgovcamp
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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
