Archive for June, 2008

Getting the language right

This wonderful world of the web is littered with jargon and buzzphrases. Terms like internet, world wide web, online, new media, digital, virtual, social media, web2.0, semantic web, collaborative web, conversational web etc etc get used – often interchangeably – to the point at which it can all become thoroughly confusing even to those who [ READ MORE ]

How do we solve a problem like gov2.0?

Had a great evening tonight discussing how government can embrace the opportunities of web2.0 with a bunch of interesting people – including ministers, senior officials, entrepreneurs and IT providers. Hosted by the ever-genial crew from Ideal Government, the imposition of the Chatham House rules forbids me from going into detail about the discussion. But the [ READ MORE ]

Interesting2008: fascinating and inspiring

When Russell Davies first floated the idea last year of holding an event full of interesting speakers, I was hooked. Unfortunately I couldn’t go due to holidays so when Interesting 2008 was announced, I was determined to go (I don’t know Russell, but am in awe of his energy and his imagination. “How to be [ READ MORE ]

Woo hoo! Social media guidelines for civil servants finally published

Goodness me, hard to believe that civil servants finally have a published set of guidelines on how to participate online. This is a piece of work I really hoped would come out of the GCN social media review I was involved with last year. Since then, a great deal of effort has gone into drafting [ READ MORE ]

Reminder: teacamp this Thursday (19th)

I don’t often post announcements about the teacamps here, but at the last event somebody asked me to do so. Teacamp is an informal get together of people interested in government web and other online shenanigans. There’s no membership list, no agenda, no obligation to hang around (or even turn up). It’s simply an opportunity [ READ MORE ]

At the web2.0strategies conference

At the web2.0strategies conference Originally uploaded by Jeremy Gould. I’ve been speaking here today as part of a panel discussion on innovation in the workplace. One observation – the sheer number of laptops and iphones being used during the sessions. These aren’t people coming to learn about web2.0 / social media, these are people who [ READ MORE ]

Social media in government – can’t we lead by example please?

There’s been an amusing series of posts published over the past few days about the status of various pieces of government web guidance being developed by COI. First Jack Pickard noticed that the Delivering Inclusive Websites guidance, for which he had valiantly led a response on behalf of the embryonic Public Sector Web Management Forum, [ READ MORE ]

See me at Web 2.0 Strategies 2008 this Thursday

Clearly there was either a case of mistaken identity, or perhaps someone pulled out at short notice… Anyway, I will be appearing at the Web2.0 Strategies conference this Thursday in Covent Garden on a panel entitled ‘Innovators under the spotlight’. We apparently will be debating how we have /are pioneering web 2.0 developments in our [ READ MORE ]

Teacamp this afternoon

Teacamp, aka UKGovWeb afternoon tea, is on this afternoon. I haven’t promoted it here for a while, but just in case you weren’t aware of it I’m letting you know. Teacamp is simply an informal opportunity for people who work in and around government online to sit down, have a cuppa, and chew the fat. [ READ MORE ]

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