(or, how I got curious about linked data) I was very conscious while working on Community Mission at the wonderful Rewired State DotGovLabs weekend that I was following in big footsteps. I worried the room was thinking “but we’ve done this before” during the presentation, but the debates and discussions did leave me with a [...]
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What can we do with all these words?
I love reading minutes and meeting notes. They don’t give you the full picture – the best bits of meetings are normally when someone says “please don’t minute this” – but they tell us a lot.They give us insights into process, debates, promises made, community bugbears. We also have a lot more discussions going on [...]
Working circles of kindness
Two very inspiring events yesterday give me the chance to update Small Circles of Kindness. Possibly Related Posts:Booo! No Related Posts
The Exchange: techy corner / knowledge sharing / geek garden
At one of the very first sessions of #tal10, @countculture pinned me with a pointed look. “Talk About Local need to do something to bring together the geeks and the non-geeks”. And as he is the man who made council websites a million times better, who was I to argue? Through the day, I made [...]
Community surgery: how to tackle the problems that could kill your blog
Modern websites are not just a set of pages sent between computers and consumed by passive pairs of eyes. The best websites are living, breathing communities, full of ever-changing content and lively debate, witty exchanges and with a bustling calendar of real-life events. The problem, of course, with communities, is, we hate to say… people. [...]