(Am starting to post interesting links to the blog again, via Google Reader. Presentation leaves a little to be desired, but am working on it…) I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Bashing ordinary people who are making their civic contribution – Government IT: What technologies are the darlings of 2013 – HowRead… Read more »
One of the key skills (or roles) that I bang on about a lot when I am delivering training to customers is community management. I talk about it a fair bit on this blog too. One of the first things I ever did online was start up and manage a community – a simple forumRead… Read more »
A lot of people are unwilling to innovate online because they’re worried it’ll go badly. After all, there’s a story every week in the media about someone ballsing up online in one way or another. It strikes me, from only a cursory examination of a lot of these stories, that most of the time, peopleRead… Read more »
But certainly not any predictions! In the space in which Kind of Digital operates – which means largely working with public sector people in helping them innovate in the way they engage with citizens and communities using technology – I suspect the next twelve months will see a bit of gradual evolution. There are twoRead… Read more »
Reading some of the coverage of Instagram’s change in their terms of service, you’d have thought a murder had been committed. Or maybe that the world was about to end. A few years down what might once have been called the Web 2.0 road, well funded companies are finding that they have built their networks,Read… Read more »
Google+ is an interesting – if quiet – place. It’s not used by very many people, which is a shame, as the interface is rather nice and it features some really cool bits of technology. Hangouts, for instance, are fantastic – on demand video conferencing which integrates neatly with Google’s other services likes Docs andRead… Read more »
I spent an interesting morning at the Online Information conference on Tuesday – ably chaired by my pal Steve Dale – and the session I enjoyed most was about implementing collaborative technology in organisations – one example was from a big media and communications provider, the other a government department. Here are some of theRead… Read more »
A little while ago, Paul Coxon wrote a blog post querying the long term viability of unconferences in the public sector. I didn’t respond, because I felt I couldn’t do so without sounding defensive and chippy. This evening, the weekly Twitter chat, #lgovsm, was based on Paul’s ideas. I did decide to involve myself, andRead… Read more »
Social learning is a really interesting concept. It’s basically the idea that we can often learn better from each other rather than from an expert or teacher. There’s an obvious usage for the internet and the kind of social tools I write about here in social learning, and an additional argument in favour of makingRead… Read more »
At the weekend I got my copy of Rich Millington‘s new book, Buzzing Communities, through the post. It’s excellent and provides everything you need to know about building successful online communities. Thinking seriously about community building is something that I think digital engagement efforts in government and beyond are lacking a lot of the time.Read… Read more »