Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Time to train

I’ve been giving a little thought lately about maybe doing some formal training again for the first time in alot of years. I have tended to learn as I go for the last decade or so and the rise of things like Twitter and Barcamps in particular has meant there have been plenty of opportunities…

October 15, 2011
A ‘responsive’ Review

One of the things that has changed in the public sector in the recent past is the pressure not to spend money on glossy, printed publications and then distribute them to stakeholders far and wide. The requirement or desire to pubish this information doesn’t go away though and so the pressure shifts to finding the…

October 10, 2011
Novzilla (my month of Mozilla!)

On Wednesday I organised the latest Bathcamp meetup where Martin and Stuart gave great talks on Wikipedia and Open Design respectively and then I closed the show with a bit of a quickfire and off the cuff presentation about Mozilla Drumbeat and some of the great projects that have come out of it and also…

October 7, 2011
Betagov blues..

While in many (most) ways the great work going on as a part of Betagov and the wider Government Digital Service is inspiring it is also considerably adds to my frustrations at the moment. I am wondering whether I need to turn something of a ‘blind eye’ to the posts etc coming out of the…

September 25, 2011
Mozilla maybe missing a step?

Another busy week in Mozilla-land. Mark Surman continued his recent spurt of blog posting with his discussion of ‘Mozilla as Teacher‘ which spurred a few people to respond and also announced the launch of Mozilla Open Badges which led to some spirited responses on Twitter and beyond. I do like the sound of alot of…

September 17, 2011