LondonCouncils have a launched www.beacouncillor.org.uk promoting the role of councillors and presenting them as young, diverse and interesting individuals. It’s a fine looking site but would be improved by allowing people to ask questions and have them answered by existing Read more…
The Cabinet Office released "Participation online Guidance for civil servants" today. It has been some time in gestation but the really good news is that it is only one page long. In fact the guidance has been boiled down to Read more…
Tim Davies has co-authored a report for the National Youth Agency about Youth Work and Social Media (pdf, 811kb). It is an interim report so I hope someone accelerates the funding and allows him to press the pedal to the Read more…
If a Councillor said he rode a bike dressed up as a woman, I’m guessing he would get a hard time on I’m a Councillor. I hope that Ian Walker on I’m a Scientist gets votes for the extra mile Read more…
A Swedish Councillor, a German Professor, and a Dutch Civil Servant walk into a bar. No honestly they did, today in Norwich at the eVoice conference. We’ve also heard from Cllr Mary Reid, Euan Semple, Stephen Hilton, Cllr Daniel Cox Read more…
David Wilcox and I walked down the Embankment last summer and talked about his idea for social reporting. This spring it has gathered some momentum and today he and Dave Briggs are at the Digital Inclusion Conference at the Brewery Read more…
Ploddledygook: when the police try to be overly corporate. My favourite was from Lincolnshire Police: "The ambition of Lincolnshire Police is to: focus on the citizen, achieve the highest standards of professionalism, deliver excellent performance and so inspire confidence amongst Read more…
The British Medical Journal has published (behind a payment firewall) a report saying that suicide is promoted on the web. There are the usual calls for Internet Service Providers to "pursue strategies that would maximise the likelihood that sites aimed Read more…
The Obama08 campaign doesn’t stop amazing me. Today Michelle Obama emailed me to show me a video (shared via YouTube of course) from The Bronx High School for Performance and Stagecraft in a tough part of the Bronx (are there Read more…
Professor Stephen Coleman is getting into his blogging. Yesterday he questioned the role of ICELE and the comments section has hotted up awaiting the arrival of someone to represent ICELE. Professor Coleman feels that ICELE has produced very little (and Read more…