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I’m reading (and may or may not agree with)- bisgovuk: Audioboo: Undergraduate placement students at Vauxhall give their reaction to Ellesmere Port announcement http://t.co/vIpNLN1Q
- AlisonLDaniels: UK Internet Users Turn to Social Media for Customer Service @TheNextWeb http://t.co/KMveM9Z0 (via @chrisevans39 )
- paullewismoney: Q&A on trading online and when tax may be due on the HMRC timeline @HMRCgovuk and news here http://t.co/scifpGIo
- How to automatically create meta description from content
- CampaignMonitor: What happens when you hit 'Send' in @Gmail? Find out with 'Story of Send': http://t.co/kMq6amkR #email #cute ^RH
- markjaquith: Here's the under-the-hood look at how I built "Have Baby. Need Stuff!" — Code snippets included! http://t.co/5LaJcp9H
- GerryHassan: Serco the parallel privatised state analysed. They run they UK independent nuclear deterrent you know! @bellacaledonia http://t.co/ImMYyyMF
- marilyneb: @mdgreyhound That second photo looks a bit more cheerful than the first. Has it brightened up yet?
- Are digital public services finally set to become a reality?
- Tips and best practices to develop responsive websites
- Commented elsewhere
Author Archives: Steph
The 5-point ROI calculator
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have been paying lip service to the concept of ROI for years. I’m generally sceptical of the validity of most ROI calculations, but don’t have a credible argument for why we shouldn’t attempt … Continue reading
Beating the bounds: a starter for ten
I really enjoyed a recent post by Tim Lloyd, head of digital at BIS, applying the principles of the ancient custom of ‘beating the bounds‘ to the process of managing a government department’s digital estate: Like those dignitaries beating the … Continue reading
Infographic: Should I Post This Update?
The Teacampers were on good form (and vast numbers) yesterday, to discuss the vexed question of social media guidance for civil servants which the GDS Digital Engagement team are currently drafting. It’s to their great credit that Emer, Lou, Jane … Continue reading
Introducing the Digital Engagement Guide
I think it’s probably safe to say that you, like me, think that public servants engaging online as part of their work is the proverbial Good Thing. It might be a tougher challenge if we were to try to put … Continue reading
Carrying on Campin’
Six weeks on from UKGovcamp, you’d be forgiven for thinking the only thing 2012 has left to offer us is those silly running races in the summer. But oh no. MailCamp returns for 2012 on Thursday 17th May, this time … Continue reading
Getting community conversations going
Over the last year, one of the toughest but most rewarding areas of work I’ve been doing is training, mainly with central government communications staff, and often through the Government Communications Network. Our team of Simon Booth-Lucking, Dave Briggs and … Continue reading
Feet on the ground
There’s been a lot of buzz about the G-Cloud today and over the weekend, and rightly so. It’s a potentially exciting development, and a real achievement for Chris Chant and his team. Not only have they set out, aggressively in … Continue reading
The next step
In May last year, alpha.gov.uk emerged blinking into the limelight. It was the product of a true skunkworks operation – a few guys (and they were mainly guys) – tucked away on a disused floor of a government building in … Continue reading
The republic of UKGovcamp
Dan Slee’s excellent suggestion of a ’20 thoughts’ format for reflections on UKGovcamp seems to have caught on, so here’s mine – more about the format than the content, in many cases. That I think Dave Briggs and Lloyd Davis … Continue reading
Coming up with maturity model for digital in the public sector
Hands up who says they work in ‘new media’? Me neither. While we’re not quite in a digital by default world, this stuff has been around for a decade and a half. Even in the public sector. One topic I’d … Continue reading
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