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The Web Moneypit
I have been following with interest the story of the Birmingham City Council website that is coming in at a bargain £2.8 million and a mere three and a half years late! I haven’t read anything that really justifies a disaster of this magnitude and the story of a CMS that ‘officials discovered the software…
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British Armed Forces embrace social web
So it appears (via Mashable) that the Ministry of Defence has released some guidance that rather than ban the use of social media (which is what the US Marines apparently did recently) actually actively encourage troops to do so within reason. The guidance is somewhat remarkable in the fact that it demonstrates a high level…
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Ups and Downs
So week 2 is done and dusted and I’ll soon be heading back up to the Midlands for week 3. This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride if I am honest on the one hand I found the lodging situation much better and even managed to avoid eating in the Star and…
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Netflix culture
As someone who has just started a new job and has dutifully read all the HR policies and procedures (honest!) I read this Netflix presentation with a mixture of jealousy and awe. It isn’t a perfect document and does make an awful lot of assumptions about the sort of staff they have working for them…
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Settling in..
So I survived week one at the new job and all-in-all it went pretty well I think. There is going to be a steep learning curve for me on the administrative side of things as there is a much more formal approach than I am used to and there is certainly a meeting culture (though…