Archive for January, 2009
If your IT dept blocks access to social media sites…
…it’s not because of security, it’s because they don’t trust you. So go see Steph and run his test tool.
Found/interesting: 15-19 Jan
A quick link dump. Digital Britain Report: what it means for UK online business media | TV waits to see a preview of its new world| TV giveaway to fund high-speed internet – anticipation of this week’s Digital Britain report. “The goats … are breeding.” – Thoughtful piece on the growing number of unelected ministers, [...]
Barcamp ticket stampede
Blimey. You’ve got to be quick around here. UK gov camp 09 tickets were only listed on Eventbrite at around 4.40pm today and at 7pm they’re about to run out. There are 17 spaces left as I type this… (Me having snaffled #18).
Found/interesting: 6-14 Jan
Have a load of links on me. Blimey @joswinson thanks @tom_watson – Simon Dickson notes a first as Parliamentary business spills over onto Twitter. CivicSurf » DFID Blog Coaching – The DFID bloggers experiment is proving its value, and growing. The 5 stages of Twitter acceptance – Denial > microblogging. I think I’m on the [...]
Transforming online government: thoughts about the Federal Web Managers Council white paper
The heads of web in US government agencies have produced this 3-page white paper for Obama’s transition team, campaigning for radical transformation of the gov web estate. Or in their words, to “build on the groundswell of citizen participation in the presidential campaign and make people’s everyday interactions with their government easier and more transparent.” [...]
Hello, I'm Neil Williams. I'm a government web geek, a dad, a husband, a grower of veg, a keeper of hens and a lapsed comedy writer, roughly in that order. 
