Yearly Archives: 2012

What I’ve been reading

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. DIY.mySociety.org | Do It Yourself mySociety – a resource for anyone who wants to build copies of mySociety sites, anywhere in the World – MySociety make it easy to reuse their code. Welcome – The Data Journalism Handbook – This looks like it is aRead… Read more »

PR Pros and Wikipedia: Can They Ever Get Along?

All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view. This means that editors should avoid stating opinions as facts, avoid stating seriously contested assertions as facts, avoid presenting uncontested assertions as mere opinion, use non-judgmental language, and accurately indicate the relative prominence of opposing views. One can easilyRead… Read more »

Google Drive vs. Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

When I wrote in my blog last week that Google Drive’s announcement arrived with a whimper; that was after my initial impression. After working with it for a week, I would like to upgrade my appraisal from cool reception to something just shy of ‘game-changer’… let’s just call it ‘significant’. Why the change? Looking atRead… Read more »

Where To Find Good Proposal Consultants?

Where do proposal consultants come from, and what are the upsides, downsides, and risks typical to different proposal consultant sources? Consultants can be subcontracted through job shop companies, brought on as part of a proposal house team, or hired directly as individuals or companies. Proposal consultants from job shops Job shops are companies that maintainRead… Read more »