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Category Archives: Issue 1
Our future on the web
I was asked at a conference recently “is print dead?”. My answer was no, not yet. Ten years ago when I was working in the printing industry there was concern that print wouldn’t be around in five years time, that everything would be on the web.
Also posted in Community Engagement, Government 2.0, Open Data, Strategy Tagged community, gov2.0, lgwn, local government, Open Data, open government, print 1 Comment
OpenAustralia
OpenAustralia – or, “how two people who don’t know anything about building websites or the Australian Government came to build a website giving the community Hansard and Australian Government data”.
Also posted in Government 2.0, Open Data Tagged gov2.0, Open Data, open government, Open Source, open standards, transparency 5 Comments
Don’t forget the RSS
Amongst all the other concerns and constraints of running a Local Government Website, it’s easy for ‘Really Simple Syndication’ (RSS) feeds to be consigned to the too hard basket. But the big secret of RSS is that it can be very useful while requiring relatively little effort.
Also posted in Open Data Tagged aggregation, gov2.0, maps, Open Data, open government, RSS 1 Comment
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stories: issue 1 – August 2009