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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 [...]


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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). [...]


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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 [...]


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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 [...]


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Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 28 October to 29 October

Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 28 October to 29 October: ReadWriteGov – First of hopefully many ‘ReadWriteGov’ events orgainsed by Dave Briggs. I am going to this one. I went, it was well worth it, and Dave will be posting a summary here. BackType – I’ve been using CoComment (inconsistenly) to track and share my comments [...]


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Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 26 October to 28 October

Stuff I’ve bookmarked from 26 October to 28 October: 5 Very Simple Ways to Create an Avatar – Some nifty ways of putting the personality into online personal branding wirth cool avatar tools. Tips on Finding Your Blogging Rhythm – A great post on frequency of blogging, the optimal posting level, and whether it matters. [...]


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Stuff I’ve bookmarked on October 25th

Stuff I’ve bookmarked on October 25th from 11:15 to 19:34: Bubbles, the Site Specific Browser for Windows – Turn any website into a powerful desktop application! The Power of Cranking Widgets | GTD Times – Cranking Widgets: Turn Your Work into Stress-free Productivity | Zen Habits – Getting co-workers and friends started on Twitter – [...]


Avoid social media mistakes: forget the technology and focus on the task

Part of my job involves trying to get people enthusiastic about using social media. Another part involves trying to stop enthusiastic people using social media badly. It seems to be happening a lot lately. Some colleagues get excited about the idea of using a particular technology (let’s say: a wiki, a blog, or a social [...]