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Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of spending the day with an inspirational group of people at UK GovCamp 2010.  UKGovCamps, for those who missed it, are informal “un-conference” get togethers of people with a passion for public sector technology and/or social media.  This one took place at the, frankly, inspirational offices of Google in [...]

Anyone who’s worked in a local authority will know about posts which are “politically restricted by way of remuneration”.  If you’re wanting to know the finer points of what this means, here’s Darlington Coucil’s guidance on the subject.  However, in short, it means that people in certain roles and above a certain pay grade at [...]

When I posted my last post this morning, I had a great response.  However, it wasn’t just the response I noticed, but the number of others who sent me their blog posts on the subject.
So, I’ve put a list here together of all the posts I’ve found on the subject, so that this can be [...]

This my first blog post for 2010, but I’m not looking to the future – instead I’m returning to the past.
Not too long ago I did a post about how Twitter and other social media being used in emergency situations.  Now, I don’t claim that millions of people in local government read this blog, let [...]

There’s a first time for everything and, this weekend, I joined in for the first time with a Barcamp in my home city of Bradford.  A barcamp is an informal meeting of innovation enthusiasts, where anyone can contribute or lead a session.
I thought I’d be in for a  strange kind of day, possibly filled with [...]

I don’t mean to boast, well, not a lot, but I got my Google Wave account today.
I’ve only had a short play with it so far, so it might be remiss of me to say this, but it seems like a lot of hype for a worthwhile business tool that integrates everything we were doing [...]

Today is ‘blog action day‘ when bloggers all over the world use one topic to help raise awareness. This years theme is Climate Change, which is not only a cliché but also not something that needs that much awareness raised about it.
Don’t get of wrong here, I’m no climate change sceptic. My dad is a [...]

Have you ever wanted to be on TV? Well, this evening, hundreds of people were after Channel 4 News organised a Twitter Fringe event at the Labour Party Conference, entitled #twinge. I came in quite late, but from what I understand it was a panel of Labour MPs and Ministers, answering questions from [...]

About six months ago I realised I wasn’t using Twitter or Facebook effectively. For a start, I was using them in exactly the same way. Every TWEET I sent became a status update and my networks were the same. Friends that were non-work related aor non-twitter usesrs became confused by some my [...]

I’ve not blogged for a while as I’ve been busy welcoming my new daughter to the world.
However, now that I’m back here, I thought it time I put key to computer again and got a blog up  – so maybe it is a bit odd that I’ve chosen the same subject as last time.
As a [...]