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Corporate Twitter (cartoon)
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Source. Via Spaghetti Testing.
Found/interesting: 28 Dec to 5 Feb
Look what I found interesting:
Why I’m going dark for purdah – Steph explains why he won’t be blogging during the election period. (I won’t be writing about work stuff during that time either for the same reasons, but intend to resume blogging about other interests and this could be a good time to do it).
Richard [...]
Notes from the 3rd annual UK government unconference (#ukgc10)
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This is just a quick one to send you over here, to the team BIS tumblog Alistair set up, where I liveblogged my notes from two sessions at Govcamp 2010 today (alongside posts from @alistairreid and @lesteph). Namely:
Setting up a group for public sector web professionals – progress from Socitm and how to get involved.
Digital [...]
What’s on my iPhone? (Or: Appy new year)
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(This is a lazier than usual post for a lazy New Year’s Day. Normal service will resume when the year is in full swing…)
I don’t know about you, but I can’t so much as glance at someone else’s iPhone without wanting to grab it and have a nose at what applications they’ve installed. So for [...]
Found/interesting: 9 Nov to 24 Dec
I haven’t done one of these bookmark posts in a while, and I’m some way off posting anything new here. So here’s a look at what I found interesting enough to bookmark recently.
The state of the UK gov blogosphere – Great post by Dave Briggs.
Why websites matter less and less – “Summary: Our audiences will [...]
How to read minds and influence people
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Knowing what your customers are thinking is the first step towards making them happy. But how do you know what’s in their heads (without being Derren Brown)?
I’m some way closer to being able to read my website users’ minds than I was this time last week – thanks to two unrelated events which turned out [...]
Gerry McGovern’s metaphor masterclass
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I’m a big fan of Gerry McGovern
I’ve read his New Thinking newsletter avidly for years and, in a couple of weeks’ time, I’m going to his masterclass on managing effective task-based websites. I can’t wait.
If you haven’t heard of him, Gerry’s a usability guru with a particular emphasis on writing and managing website content based [...]
Found/interesting: 15 October to 7 November
Look what I found interesting enough to bookmark recently:
BBC Democracy Live – Nifty live political TV and news thingummy via Simon Dickson.
JobFact – community of anonymous employees – Compare your salary anonymously.
Optimal Workshop – online card sorting tool – Fantastic and free online IA toys.
Cybersoc.com: guide to using social media (in 6500 words) – Headshift [...]
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. 
