Monthly Archives: October 2009

Who Doesn’t Use The Web?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Gez Smith

A perennial theme of this blog, because it’s a perennial theme from some people we meet. So it was interesting to read this article from the Observer about people who have never used the internet.  It’s a bit of a planted story … Continue reading →

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Delib in DC + UK/US Open Gov meetup

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ChrisQ

Delib are off to the US of A next week, on a whirlwind tour of Washington and the Open Gov scene. We’re keen to make the most of our time in DC, so have a fairly packed schedule, however if … Continue reading →

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Twitter – Data Vs Copy

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Gez Smith

Before the article, a brief synopsis of it for the tech savvy    “TL:DR? gez @delibconsults wants tweet txt kept simple #web2.0″   Now actual words for real people.    Twitter’s been an interesting e-participation development over the last couple … Continue reading →

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recovery.gov up and running

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Ben

So the new recovery.gov site is up and running, allowing anyone and everyone to dig into data around the massive Recovery Act.  As ever, by the time I get ’round to blogging anything, the whole rest of the internet has … Continue reading →

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Chris’ interview with Public Affairs News

Posted on October 14, 2009 by ChrisQ

Yesterday I popped down to the Public Affairs News offices to chat to their editor – Ian Hall.  The nice guy that he is – he offered to do a quick interview with me for their PAN TV section.  [see … Continue reading →

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Trafigura And The Guardian – Never Forget Who You Are

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Gez Smith

I’m in the London office today, and just took a photo of this postcard on the wall, thinking it would fit with a blog post at some point. Then it suddenly struck me, today’s main internet news in this part … Continue reading →

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Race Online 2012

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Gez Smith

Interesting story today from the government’s Digital Inclusion Task Force, which is looking to get everyone in the UK online by 2012. The primary driver for this seems to be economic, predicting that doing so would save the government £1bn … Continue reading →

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Friday fun

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Ben

Far too much fun to be had here – thoroughly irresponsible thing to send ’round first thing in the morning. Speechbreaker: put your words into Brown and Cameron’s mouths… http://www.speechbreaker.co.uk/ (Warning: contains strong language that may not be safe for … Continue reading →

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Ernest Marples And Free Data

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Gez Smith

One thing government has got quite good at, especially over the last 10 years or so, is collecting data. Measurements of performance, incidents, activity, behaviour, travel, it’s all getting logged on a daily basis. Whilst all this data has a … Continue reading →

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GSA – Engaging Citizens in Government

Posted on October 5, 2009 by MichaelaD

Another interesting paper which caught my eye this month. This time its the GSA in the US who have put together an international array of best practice and thought pieces on different projects going on around citizen engagement in government. … Continue reading →

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