These are my links for July 17th through July 22nd: Liam Byrne on how innovators from around the world can teach the UK valuable lessons | Society | The Guardian – The UK government wants to offer up performance data so we have an "open book government". This from Liam Byrne: "online performance information is …
Things I've spotted July 17th
Here are some things I’ve been reading July 17th: MP asks UK.gov: Why are you still using IE6? • The Register – Tom Watson MP: “I feel sorry for the thousands of civil servants using the Austin Allegro of web browsers when they can have newer, faster alternatives. I want government CIOs to pull their …
Australian local council starts social media surgeries
I’m delighted, nay giddy, to see that Mosman Council in Sydney, Australia, is starting social media surgeries at their library. It’s also wonderful to they consider it part of delivering their community engagement strategy. I’ll quote a bit from the blog of Mosman Library: Birmingham’s social media surgeries are the model we’re working off. It’s …
Using twitter to source a milk float – things you learn at social media surgeries
Tuesday was the first social media surgery held in Lozells. Below are some of the folk who turned up to learn and share. I spent the first 40 minutes with the Bangladeshi Youth Forum, warming them up to some ideas. Interestingly I don’t think I got very far. For the teenage lads I was talking …