Here’s another quick one page guide, this about about Google Docs. If you can’t see the embedded version below, you can head to the Kind of Digital site and download a PDF. What is Google Docs? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: What is blogging? What is Facebook? What is RSS?Read… Read more »
Here’s the latest of our mini-guides to social technology, where we have had a go at explaining what Facebook is all about. It’s embedded below, but if you can’t see it, you can visit the Kind of Digital site and download the PDF. What is Facebook? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly relatedRead… Read more »
Rob Dale at LGIU blogs about some research being done in collaboration with Networked Neighbourhoods about the impact of online local community activity. You can take part: If you are a councillor, complete this survey. If you are an officer in local government, take this one. Should be interesting to see the results! Possibly relatedRead… Read more »
Yup, they’re still coming. This one tries to explain the mystery that is RSS. Enjoy! If you can’t see it embedded below, you can download the PDF version from the Kind of Digital website. What is RSS? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: What is Flickr? What is LinkedIn? What isRead… Read more »
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 number of large suppliers being given over-spec’ed, over-detailed, over-sized and over-priced projects – is theRead… Read more »
After being suitably inspired at June’s LocalGovCamp, the effervescent Nicky Getgood has been working away to get StoryCamp up and running. She describes it thus: StoryCamp is a time and picturesque space for storytellers (digital or otherwise), independent publishers, those in local government, hyperlocal-land and beyond to meet, share stories and ways and means ofRead… Read more »
Next up in the series of introductory guides to social technology is this one about Flickr. Embedded below, or as usual, there’s a PDF to download from this page if you need it. What is Flickr? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: What is LinkedIn? What is Twitter? Next live webchatRead… Read more »
Yesterday’s live Kind of Digital web chat about overcoming barriers to implementing social media went really well. You can relive the whole thing over on the KoD website, or download a rather basic PDF of the transcript. Our next chat has been scheduled in for Tuesday, August 16th at 11am BST. It’s going to beRead… Read more »
Here’s another of my short What is… guides – this time it’s about LinkedIn. Embedded below, and as usual, if you can’t see it, you can get the PDF from the Kind of Digital site. What is Linkedin? View more documents from Kind of Digital More soon! Possibly related posts: What is Twitter? Next liveRead… Read more »
There was a bit of discussion on Twitter this evening about explaining Twitter to the uninitiated. (If this sounds a bit navel-gazingy, that’s because it probably is. Hang around in any online space for long enough and you soon end up in meta-conversations of this type.) Emma Maier of the Local Government Chronicle is organisingRead… Read more »