No jobs for senior Whitehall webbies?
So Jeremy Gould is leaving.
I’m personally gutted: Jeremy’s been something of an unofficial mentor for me lately and his faith in me has been one of the contributing factors to my starting blogging and stepping up a gear, not to mention a civil service grade, in the government web sphere.
And he’s been a pioneer. It’s [...]
Beware of the chickens…
Those of you who read this blog because of my work managing government websites and my related writings about digital media stuff may be in for a bit of a surprise.
…I am going to start writing about my pet chickens.
I intended to do so sooner, but am only now getting around to it.
And it’s one [...]
What to bring to BarcampUKGovweb09
There’s never been a more exciting time to work in digital media in government. So I’m making damn sure I’m at the second UK gov web barcamp on 31 January 2009.
The first one was a big success by all accounts, and I am gutted I missed it. There’s lots of great coverage on the day’s [...]
Embedding digital media: lessons from my father-in-law
My dad-in-law Geoff got a digital camera for his birthday last week. He didn’t ask for it. He probably didn’t want it. He does now.
Having resisted all suggestions to ‘go digital’ for years, I’m pretty sure Geoff would happily have gone on with his 36 frames, 35 millimetres and 24-hour wait for a lucky dip [...]
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. 
