What I’ve been reading

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to.

Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO’s conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting!
Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity in digital at the Dept Health
Ofsted Parent View – Interesting “Parent’s Opinion” style school feedback site from Ofsted.
Staff, social media policies and managing risk – Good stuff from Simon Wakeman on the need for organisations to have a clear approach to social media and networking.
Trimming the long tail – the danger of stripping back our websites – Interesting addition to the debate around the top task focus on local government websites.
Introduction to Databases – Stanford University – Free online course. Interesting!
Thinktanks are in crisis. To survive, they must become ‘do tanks’ – “For thinktanks to be effective, they must be imaginative and radical. But a funding crisis is making them increasing bland.”

You can find all my bookmarks on Pinboard.