As a closet fan of all that is ‘Google’, I was wondering when I should make the final step in my transition from Bloglines to Google Reader. I’ve been using both for some time now, which is bit of a pain when I have to add and categorise a new fee…
Thanks to my friends over at Studio 501c I was alerted to another excellent video presentation from the Common Craft Show, this time explaining clearly and simply what a Wiki is. I thought the RSS presentation was a one-off, but I realise I need t…
Google – you either love ’em or hate ’em it would seem, reading the article from yesterday’s Sunday Times. Google are saying they need more information about us, and their competitors are saying they already have too much. The trigger for this lat…
Just received David Weinberger’s book “Everything is Miscellaneous”. A fascinating read for anyone interested in trying to make sense of the digital information world we live in, and how we can thrive on information chaos. Only half-way through, b…
Reading David Wilcox’s blog this morning entitled ‘Asking the wrong questions about collaboration’. The following question resonated with me:- “Effective collaboration requires trust, relationships and understanding that take time to develop. Why …
Not a very profound quote I’ll accept, but I saw a quote attributed to yours truly in an article in Internet Week about the merger talks between Microsoft and Yahoo. I don’t even remember talking to the author of the article, but I’m attributed as…
A very good introduction to RSS, courtesy of The Common Craft Show Click To Play There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to st…
I am grateful to Hilary Messeter from the National College of School Leaders (NCSL) for agreeing to present at a recently Community of Practice workshop I co-hosted. The NCSL have created a Facilitation Toolkit for their community of over 100,000 …
I came across this excellent slideshow presentation from Andrew Hinton, which goes some way to explaining what is meant by “Information Architecture”. It touches on Social Media, Web 2.0 and communities of practice, and even manages to draw some i…
If you’ve ever wondered what the acronyms and ‘civil service’ speak actually mean on the letters you get from the council, or you need some help interpreting the latest government policy initiative, check out the Local Government Glossary over at …
