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 [...]


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 [...]


Found/interesting: 16 August

I’m on holiday, this is as much as you’re gonna get right now…!

PortableApps.com – Portable software for USB drives
Coolest power tools of some top geeks
10 kickass crowdsourcing sites for your business
Social Networking on Intranets (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Twitter 101 — Download the slides & print the guide
Digital diplomacy website – FCO digital team’s knowledge hub
MP asks [...]


Found/interesting: 17 May to 2 June

Look what I found interesting.

Crisis Communications for the Social Media Age – Also works as a guide to rebuttal 2.0
Swine Flu 2.0 : A Case For How Managing Social Media is a Matter of National Security – …and here’s a real-life case study from Ross Ferguson et al’s trans-Atlantic cousins
Twitter’s hype is different than Second [...]


Found/interesting: 11 April to 16 May

A near-random selection of stuff I’ve found interesting lately.

Us Now : watch the film -like it says.
I Can Haz Writin Skillz? – Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview. – HFACTDEWARIUCSMNUWKIASLAMB.
WordPress in UK government: an informal audit – and very soon, blogs on the BERR intranet too.
5 Very Weird URL Shorteners -variety is the spi.ce [...]


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 [...]


Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 29 October to 30 October

Stuff I’ve bookmarked on delicious.com from 29 October to 30 October:

Five ways to publish commentable documents online at Helpful Technology – A great post from Steph Gray rounding up the ways (or surprising lack of them) of making lengthy documents available for people to mark up with comments online.
LineBuzz.com – Inline Blog Comments – Worth [...]