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Crowds keep your sysadmins awake

Posted by Richard Barrel on Mar 03 2010 | Delib news and events

We host a number of clients' websites for them on our own servers. It's convenient and it saves a lot of deployment headaches, since we know our machines like the backs of our hands. Yesterday was one of those days. Server load. Flat until yesterday, when a big spike appears. Another spike appears today. This chart shows the load average for one of our webservers. It's - roughly… read more

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How we’re seeing Police Authorities benefit from engaging residents online

Posted by AdamC on Mar 01 2010 | Advice, Consultation, Delib news and events, Engagement, Good examples

The internet can seem a risky place to engage with people on Policing matters but already this year we're seeing Authorities using it to great effect - joining the conversation, increasing the quality of discussion and engaging with more people. One pertinent topic right now is the budget with many opinions on how people think their Authority should spend their funds. Already this year, we've worked with 3 Police Authorities to… read more

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Dialogue App makes debut at GSA webinar

Posted by Ben on Feb 25 2010 | Delib news and events

We were excited to have the opportunity to introduce our Dialogue App, complete with shiny new skin, to a whole bunch of US government staff at a GSA webinar last night. It was slightly strange talking to an audience that you can't see or hear but I think it went well. We set up a demo especially for the occasion – check it out at… read more

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Structured and unstructured conversations

Posted by ChrisQ on Feb 22 2010 | Delib news and events

The Cluetrain Manifesto famously stated that markets have become "conversations" - something that has never been truer in today's social media whirl.  However, something that we've noted recently is that not all conversations that organisations have with their customers and stakeholders are structured in the same way. Broadly the structure of conversations can be split into two camps: "structured" and "unstructured" conversations… read more

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Email signatures

Posted by MichaelaD on Feb 11 2010 | Delib news and events

Email signatures every now and again are the bane of my life. Incomplete email signatures, such as those without any contact details are just not useful. The simple copy/paste of everyone's details from an email signature genuinely saves me plenty of time while negotiating all the databases, sites and systems I have to use everyday. A good email signature is a very useful thing, and this is where the e-partciaption bit… read more

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We’re making Opinion Suite join up with Linked Data (through RDFa)

Posted by Ben on Jan 29 2010 | Delib news and events

With so much chat and buzz at the moment (and rightly so) about Tim Berners-Lee et al's data.gov.uk, I thought it'd be timely to say a bit about how we'll be doing our bit towards publishing online consultation information as Linked Data (Steph Gray has recently blogged on a similar subject). We've built (and are continuing to iteratively improve) Opinion Suite, an open-source online consultation management… read more

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Delib helps the BBC Trust run their consultations online

Posted by Ben on Jan 26 2010 | Delib news and events

Often, the most exciting work we do has to stay under wraps, so we're really delighted to be able to buck that trend and show one of our favourite recent projects: delivering the BBC Trust's online consultation system. In their own words, 'the Trust sets the course for the BBC. We represent the public who own and pay for the BBC'. Clearly, the BBC Trust has an enormous responsibility… read more

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Open Gov the Movie goes large in the US

Posted by ChrisQ on Jan 25 2010 | Delib news and events

So, last week week, Delib finally launched "Open Gov the Movie" the documentary film we shot whilst in Washington DC back in November, documenting the year since President Obama's Open Government memorandum. The film features some pretty awesome / influential people including Tim O'Reilly (Web2.0 god) and Beth Noveck (Head of Open Gov in the White House), and has been generating quite a buzz in the US - including… read more

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Practical learnings from online patient opinion trials

Posted by ChrisQ on Jan 22 2010 | Delib news and events, Engagement, Ideas-sharing, Participation

I'm now out of hospital (thankfully); however, the patient crowd-sourcing website I set up whilst in hospital – as a frustrated patient – is still up and running. helpusimprovekings.org has had mixed success since its launch and we've learnt a huge amount over the time we've been running it so we thought we'd share these learnings. From a practical perspective, the key learnings have been:
  • Make it simple to use -
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Open Gov the Movie launches in the US

Posted by ChrisQ on Jan 21 2010 | Delib news and events

We're pleased to announce the launch of Open Gov the Movie - a short film we've made documenting the year since President Obama's Open Government memorandum. To check it, visit: www.delib.co.uk/opengov "Open Gov the Movie" - from Delib from Delib on Vimeo. We're launching the documentary - today - on the year anniversary of President Obama issuing the  Open Government memorandum, giving an insight into… read more

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