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Category Archives: Issue 1
Tweeting the live local challenge
Twitter, the latest social networking tool to reach global proportions, offers a great deal of potential, and also a great deal of hype. Media outlets around the world took notice of Twitter this year, and its use as an organising and information tool in Iran after elections in June put to rest suggestions that the microblogging [...]
Also posted in Community Engagement, Social Media Tagged community, engagement, hashtags, Social Media, twitter 1 Comment
Coffee Theory
Ask web professionals about the tools they use, and it’s likely they’ll start talking about hardware, software and web applications. That’s understandable, but it’s not the whole picture. I believe things like software pale in comparison with the most powerful tool available: coffee. I’m not talking about caffeine. What I’m talking about is the power of informal [...]
OOOG! Uh what is it good for?
Let’s start out by defining what OOOG is shall we? OOOG stands for Open source, Open standards, Open Government. It started out as a personal standard that I used when judging the suitability of a project or solution for use with Gov2.0/LocGov2.0 work.
Also posted in Government 2.0, Open Data, Open Source, Web Standards Tagged gov2.0, Open Data, open government, Open Source, open standards 1 Comment
Digital communication – ignore it at our own peril
The days when Local Government could rely on their local newspaper and radio station to get their message to their community are long gone. Recent events in Iran and China have highlighted the power of electronic media and social networking as a communications tool.
Also posted in Communications, Government 2.0, Strategy Tagged accessibility, collaboration, Social Media, transparency 1 Comment
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