Archive for July, 2007
Stop, collaborate and listen
MyAbodo takes off
Crumbs! We were still putting finishing touches to MyAbodo when suddenly the internet snatched it up and ran with it... it's caught the attention of loads of people and seems to be creating a real buzz: First of all, the numbers:
Main site
Embedded Abodos
Day Total visits Unique visitors Total visits Unique visitors 10th July 4 2 7 2 11th July 1055 936 3316 2149 12th July 759 684 2152 1276 13th July 1654 1567 398 266 14th July 984 880 407 253 15th July 849 776 425 243 16th July 1303 1189 555 301 That's some pretty healthy traffic, especially considering we've not really started telling people about it yet!… read moreDemgames news from Lolcat
We mothballed one of our first servers the other day, and through a crossed wire with the hosting company, not everything transferred smoothly like they said it would. This hasn't affected any client sites, but has meant that Demgames has come down temporarily. It's now back up on the web, and we're just waiting for the domain name settings to roll through, bringing More budgeting engagement news
No internet please, we’re Japanese
BetaGov
The title says it all
The new Department for Children, Schools and Families are running an e-consultation on the use of physical punishment. The e-consultation system doesn't seem too bad in the scheme of government e-consultation, there are things that could be improved with it as ever, but at least it's not just a downloadable pdf masquerading as e-consultation. More amusing though is the banner from the front page linking to… read more
Open Innovation Exchange is award finalist
We were disappointed when our tender for the government's third sector Innovation Exchange got to the final shortlist but didn't win; now the open process we used to put the bid together is a finalist for a New Statesman New Media award. Let's hope we get a different result this time! One of our many fellow bidders, David Wilcox, has more detail at http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/2007/07/open-innovation.html. As he… read more

