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 [...]


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 [...]


New blog theme for Mission Creep

Unless you’re reading this in your RSS reader, you can’t fail to have noticed the change of design.
This is the excellent WP Premium, a confusingly named free theme from the designer of WP Remix.  It’s a bit less customised than my last one but a little more professional for that – the main reason for [...]


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 return path [...]


Look what I found: 2 December to 12 December

Look what I found interesting. Maybe you will too.

Rebranding Government 2.0 – Mashable seeks a better term, but for me this misses the point: which is that it’s about participation by whatever means, not just social technology
A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media – Because bad case studies are even more useful [...]


Look what I found: 23 November to 26 November

Look what I found interesting. Maybe you will too.

The hinternet, the internet we’re missing – Jon Bounds deserves much kudos for this fantastic coinage: the hinternet, those corners of the web running on old technology and missing out on the new inter-connectedness.
Juror shares trial details on Facebook – 12 good men and true – oh, [...]


Four methods and 40 free tools for listening… continued

There are hundreds of tools you *could* use to monitor social media sites for discussions about your stuff. So how do you choose?
In this and a previous post, I’ve rounded up 40 of the best free tools, and suggested that, despite the bewildering choice, there are only four ways of putting those tools together in [...]


Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 30 October to 9 November

Stuff I’ve bookmarked recently…

How to Change the World Using Social Media – An inspiring article on the concept of ’social proof’ (or herd mentality) as relates to social media.
Thirteen Blog Clichés – A fun article but seriously good advice to take on board yourself if you blog, and pass onto clients for corporate blogs back [...]