These are my links for January 26th through January 27th: News : NDS – The government will create one secure, resilient and flexible network which will enable every area of government to adapt their ICT to best deliver for the public. Other changes include, for the first time, bringing together Government departments, local government and …
Social media, government and risk
The short video below is Carl Haggerty, Enterprise Architect at Devon County Council, talking about his thoughts on the nay sayers in government, local or central, who use the problems of risk to prevent social media use. For him this is a misuse of the idea of risk management. Indeed the right response to managing …
Stuff I've seen January 16th through to January 22nd
These are my links for January 16th through January 22nd: Puffbox.com » Archive » Creative Commons coming to data.gov.uk – "There's something almost unnerving about the launch of a government website getting so much positive coverage. But today's been data.gov.uk's big day, and everyone seems to agree it's a jolly good thing. For now. James …
Social Media Surgery in Africa
It is with almost heart thumping glee that I get to write about the first use of a social media surgery in Africa (at least the first I now of). I met Marlon Parker when he visited Birmingham last year. He taught us really interesting stuff about using mobile phones and went back intent to …