Grumpy old media
She wasn’t the first, and she certainly won’t be the last, but Rachel Sylvester’s Twitter-bashing editorial in today’s Times is surely the absolute worst thus far of the recent old media knee-jerk reactions to the use of Twitter by government and politicians. Not only is her microblogophobia out of step with her own paper, which [...]
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 [...]
Found/interesting: 31 Dec to 6 Jan
I found this stuff interesting while browsing around. Maybe you will too. How boring: Celebrities sign up to Twitter to reveal the most mundane aspect of their lives - a balanced view from the Mail. Twittering on: How internet ‘micro-blogging’ went global – A more thoughtful piece on Twitter including the Israeli consulate’s use of it for [...]
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 [...]
Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 10 November to 13 November
Some interesting things I’ve seen recently around the web… The UKGovWeb Twitterverse – Dead handy roll call of UK government Twitter users. People show government a better way – The results are in. The world will be a slightly better place. (If you’re trying to find a postbox, recycling centre or toilet in a hurry). [...]
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. 
