There have been numerous definitions and interpretations of what Web 2.0 is, but I quite liked the description of it as a ‘participatory theatre’, where the principles and technologies of Web 2.0 evolve the user experience from hunting and gatheri…
For all those poor souls struggling to get their managers to grasp/understand/deploy social media tools in their work environment: It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more danger…
I was encouraged by the recent press release on the Cabinet Office website about the launch of a joint project by Office of the Third Sector and the Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA) to support local authorities and their partners in deliver…
Michael Norton, a colleague at IDeA has put this great little video clip together explaining Communities of Practice. It makes specific reference to CoPs in local government, but the concepts are generic to any CoP. It does what it says on the tin…
I wanted to get myself up to date on contemporary ideas around use of taxonomies vs. folksonomies and was drawn to a course being run by the UKeiG (part of CILIP). The course was led by a renowned and respected information management professional …
An interesting discussion over at Jon Mell’s blog about Enterprise 2.0 tools and the need for systems developers to consider business process context for the tools and not assume the users will intuitively know this. I think there is merit in this…
(Photo by Daniel F. Pigatto) I was in two minds on whether to get involved with this debate/discussion, but since we now seem to have accepted “Enterprise 2.0” into the social computing lexicon I thought I should at least ensure I’ve got a clear u…
I’ve posted a presentation to Slideshare that I gave last month as a keynote presentation for an audience primarily made up of local government staff. The presentation illustrates the growing velocity and volume of on-line connections being create…
According to analyst group Gartner, enterprises could make significant savings by paying staff to use their own laptops. The report suggested that a monthly payment of 47 per employee would be cost effective and attractive to staff. Gartner said …
Finally got to see Tom Watson in person, presenting at 2gether08 about the Government initiative to provide more open access to public, non-personal data sets. Tom talked about the launch of a competition for social innovators and entrepeneurs to …
