Events

The Problem with WordPress

Linus’ Law says that, given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. It’s one of the paradoxes of open source, community-driven software that we can know it is good on the strength of how much is known about its frailties. Simon … Continue reading

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Come and Meet The Communities

Back in July, I mentioned an event I was planning to organise to help bring big online communities together with government and the marketing agencies who work for it, to help stimulate creative thinking about new ways to work together. … Continue reading

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Be Brave

Photo credit: Sharon O’Dea Well, that’s another UK Gov Web Barcamp wrapped up, and #ukgc10 was a corker, not least thanks to the sterling efforts of Dave Briggs to organise the thing, and the generosity of Google in hosting us. … Continue reading

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Digital inclusion & digital engagement

Yesterday, I took a half-day off daddy day-care duties to appear on a panel at Digital Engagement. Paul Clarke has begun a hatchet job on the event itself. Let’s just say it was an eclectic mix of topics and I … Continue reading

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A spot of social reporting: what I learned

Today DIUS and Becta held a conference hosted by Channel 4 in London under the banner “All Together Now: Delivering Further Education in an era of mass participation“. The event was for policy makers, FE professionals and providers to consider … Continue reading

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