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10 local government social media myths
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : government, localgovernment, social, socialmedia, work 5 November 2009
Nice bit of mythbusting — most of which apply to all sorts of situations: [link]
Credit cards and store cards: an official translation
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : BIS, consultations, government, simplyundertand, work 27 October 2009
Corinne at Simply Understand has been voluntarily translating consultations into understandable English for about a year — even crowdsoursing as to which were the most important to give their time to. This great work has obviously been noticed by the team at BIS who have asked her to produce a version of their Credit and store card consultation. There's a Plain English version and even a "podcast" (well and audio version).
Why the official consultation can't be written in Plain English I don't know, but this is a step in — sort of — the right direction. [link]
Maptivism: Maps for activism, transparency and engagement : crisscrossed blog
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : community, mapping, maps, mashup, visualization, work 16 September 2009
"It is estimated as much as 80% of data contains geo-referenced information. So, a lot of information can be displayed through maps. Digital maps allow easy ways to present large amounts of data and reduce complexity." Nice introduction to some mapping concepts, with examples: [link]
Greenbelt blog
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : birminghamuk, jonbounds, talks, work 7 August 2009
I'm speaking a the Greenbelt festival in Cheltenham, three times (which came as a shock). I've not written anything to say yet, but it will be something along these lines. I'm mainly doing Birmingham and psychogeography, with a little bit of internets thrown in. [link]
Save Our Sounds – Audio Map
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : BBC, mapping, psychogeography, sound, work 11 June 2009
The BBC World Service is creating an audio map of the World, with user submitted sounds. No tagging unfortunately, and the description box is likely to be nudged towards the descriptive rather than the emotional but some interesting stuff to be had nonetheless — let's hope the database is opened up. [link]
Midlands Media Awards People’s Choice
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : bigcitytalk, birminghamuk, socialmedia, work 11 June 2009
Big City Talk is up for the Midlands Media Awards People’s Choice Award. The awards are to “recognise an individual or group that has used social media tools to make a difference”. The Brum Bloggers Social Media Surgeries are also on the list, as is the 4am Project. [link]
Guido Fawkes and his blog comment policy
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : blog, commenting, poilcy, work 10 June 2009
Although his political blog is often a place for sniping and argumentative comments (following perhaps in the style of the posts), this is a very clear piece of work. It sets out in a friendly (as friendly as the blog gets), conversational, tone just what is and isn't allowed in the comments on order-order.com.
While every point isn't transferable to all blogs, I for example love a long an detailed response to any post on sites I run, it's useful to read it and to think about how comments add value to a site — or even possibly detract. If it's a personal blog, it's very much "your gaff, your rules" and if you set them out no-one can argue. [link]
My interview with David Shrigley
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : davidshrigley, interview, jonbounds, work 22 May 2009
It seems a long time since I interviewed one of my favourite artists, but it's out now in the latest issue of the great Fused Magazine. [link]
Seventeen things that people are actually saying when they retweet others – meish dot org: life, unfolding
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : retweeting, twitter, work 20 May 2009
"Retweeting (that is, repeating someone else’s tweet, with attribution) has emerged from daily twittering habits and has become part of Twitter’s cultural vocabulary. The idea of rebroadcasting something interesting/funny you’ve spotted isn’t new, and the custom of acknowledging your sources isn’t particularly revolutionary either, but what is interesting is that not all retweets (RTs) are alike." [link]
Better environments, Better lives
POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : blogging, environment, work 20 May 2009
I'm doing a little bit of blogging on this site, with Nick Booth, kicked off by a conference, it’s all based around the theme of environmental justice. The idea is to encourage debate on how people can "breathe new life into the poorest environments, from neglected rivers to brownfield land sites, ensur[ing] environmental improvements are community driven and owned". [link]
