UK Government & Social Media… Ones to Watch

November 28, 2007 in SOCIAL MEDIA

Interesting post on Ross Ferguson’s blog…
http://basiccraft.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/government-social-media-ones-to-watch/

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Free Twitter tutorial on Viddler

November 24, 2007 in SOCIAL MEDIA

To follow on from Caroline’s post, an excellent video tutorial from Goldie http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/11/free-twitter-tutorial-on-viddler.html

Do I really sound like that !?

November 22, 2007 in SOCIAL MEDIA

Excellent podcast from Donna Papacosta at Trafcom News http://trafcom.typepad.com/podcast/
Donna has clips of recordings made with different types of microphone, so that you can hear what they sound like. So, if you’re thinking about doing your own podcast or just producing some audio, you can get an idea of what sort of microphone might be [...]

The Big Juicy Twitter Guide

November 16, 2007 in SOCIAL MEDIA

This looks like an excellent resource from Caroline…
http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/twitter-guide/

David Sibbet’s Retrospective on Second Life

November 15, 2007 in SOCIAL MEDIA

Very interesting new review by David Sibbet
http://www.davidsibbet.com/SecondLifeRetrospective.pdf

Privacy and Social Networks… a great video from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

November 8, 2007 in COMMUNITY, MEDIA, NPTECHUK, SOCIAL MEDIA

No sooner did I raise my concerns about the usage of user data and Identity and Confidentiality in Social Networks and
Second Life in a post to the Third Sector Foresight blog, than here comes an excellent video, via Dan York’s Disruptive Conversations blog, thanks Dan.
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2007/11/privacy-and-soc.html

The impact of ICT on the design and delivery of public services

November 7, 2007 in COMMUNITY, NPTECHUK, SOCIAL MEDIA

How will this affect your organisation? Have you considered it during your strategic planning? Can you share any interesting relevant links? Start the discussion by visiting the page below and posting a comment there!
http://www.3s4.org.uk/news/the-impact-of-ict-on-the-design-and-delivery-of-public-services

New FOSS @ VCS website

November 7, 2007 in COMMUNITY, FOSS

This is the new website of the ICT Hub Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) project.  The project aims to develop a number of key services to strengthen the potential for FOSS use in the sector.   The main areas of work for the project [...]