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Archive for August, 2007

Facebook – the symptom or the cause?

Posted by Gez Smith on Aug 30 2007 | Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

We're all Facebook users here at Delib, so we were wondering when this tension might start rearing its head. Should people be allowed to use Facebook at work? Today the TUC has called for staff to be allowed to use Facebook at work and not face disciplinary procedures for doing so. Interestingly, this call seems to be aimed somewhat at local authorities, which from past experience is unsurprising… read more

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Connecting Bristol + Open Source Bids

Posted by Andy on Aug 28 2007 | Delib news and events

I was asked this week to write these few lines about how Connecting Bristol helped our business: "We've always taken time to involve ourselves in Bristol's creative culture, especially with Watershed. Connecting Bristol was a natural thing for us to support: it's directly related to what we do and it's great for Bristol. We didn't join Connecting Bristol to win business for ourselves, but it has helped us… read more

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More UK internet usage stats

Posted by Ben on Aug 23 2007 | Delib news and events, Engagement, Participation

We've been banging this drum for a while now, but it's still always interesting to see new data on who your target audiences can be when using online technologies. The latest news from OFCOM apparently "turns the established assumptions about web users upside down". Whilst this probably isn't true for those who follow these things, the old assumptions about 'internet = just young people' still seem to need to be challenged. First… read more

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Unmasking those wiki editors

Posted by Gez Smith on Aug 15 2007 | Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Wikis are always an interesting thing, that not only bring benefits, but also provoke debate over the usages of new technologies. Generally, things like wikipedia can be seen as more useful than not on balance, given the vast amount of information therein. There have been though cases of people anonymously editing wiki entries to spin their side of the story, sometimes this being done by the person or persons in the… read more

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Tactical voting ftw!

Posted by Gez Smith on Aug 09 2007 | Democracy and government

Interesting story here. The phenomenon of vote swapping online, where people can exchange their vote with someone else where their vote may have more impact, has been running for a while here and in the US. The idea is that someone wanting to vote for a candidate or party which stands no chance in their area can get someone else to vote for them in an area where… read more

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Nominate your top political blogs

Posted by Gez Smith on Aug 01 2007 | Democracy and government

Last year, Iain Dale published a book on political blogging which included a list of the top 1000 political blogs. It was well received, and Iain's following it up with another book to be published this September. This time he's encouraging the general internet using public to have their say on their favourite political blogs. So, if you've got some favourites out there you'd like to share with the world, then… read more

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