Topics for a Social Media Unconference

Tomorrow morning, I’m heading up to Stirling for a Local Gov Social Media Unconference, kindly arranged by the Improvement Service, under the banner of the Customer First programme (enabling councils … Continue reading

Social Media Surgeries to help communities go Web 2.0

Tonight I’m popping along to an introductory meet-up to find out more about a series of local social media surgeries to be held across Edinburgh, aimed at helping communities get … Continue reading

Election Count 2.0 in Edinburgh

Over the past year or two there has been a palpable surge of interest in using Web 2.0 in the public sector, and in most cases that’s a very positive … Continue reading

2009 on the web – some retrospectives

As we glide gracefully out of the noughties, here are some of the best retrospectives of the past year on the web.

Software Engineering and Web 2.0 Accessibility

The blog has been a little quiet recently, but will certainly fire up again after next week’s Accessibility 2.0 conference in London, which I plan to live-tweet (#millionflowers) and blog … Continue reading

Event review – Web 2.0 in Libraries, Edinburgh, 2nd July 2009

I avoided today’s heatwave by sitting in the relatively cool setting of the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh for an event put on by the Chartered Institute of Library … Continue reading

Cybersquatting 2.0 – protecting your name in Social Media

The rise and rise of Social Networking Sites has brought about new risks to an organisation’s online brand, but whilst my last post explored Web 2.0 mistakes which organisation could … Continue reading

Social Media lessons learned the hard way

Barely a week goes past without another news story about some hapless individual getting into trouble as a result of Social Media. Accordingly I’ve decided to keep a record of … Continue reading

Tales of a Web 2.0 city

I’ve recently been made aware of a really interesting project that Edinburgh Council’s libraries service has been involved in. It’s a bold venture into Web 2.0 waters, under the umbrella … Continue reading

Event review – Web 2.0 in the Public Sector, 16/04/09

On Thursday 16th April, various public sector web types converged upon the Scotsman Hotel on Edinburgh’s North Bridge for a Web 2.0 event, hosted by The Gate. The day was … Continue reading