Monthly Archives: June 2008

Browsing websites costs billions in lost productivity

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Steve Dale

I worry that some people believe this sort of rubbish. According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) the average UK worker spends ninety minutes a week misusing corporate internet connections. The CBI said that workers are spending roughly an … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Press, Reports, Web2.0 | 5 Comments

Social Media Guidelines for Civil Servants

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Steve Dale

The Civil Service have published a set of guidelines for on-line participation by civil servants (blogging etc.). As Whitehall Webby Jeremy Gould notes, this is a much slimmed-down version of a weightier tome that has been in production behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Guidelines, Web2.0 | 3 Comments

Microsoft lags IBM in Social Software

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Steve Dale

All of those organisations trudging zombie-like towards implementation of Sharepoint as a social media solution might do well to read about the result of a ‘face-off’ between IBM’s Lotus Connections and Microsoft’s Sharepoint (MOSS 2007) products, as reported by CIO … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Sharepoint, Social Computing, Web2.0 | 2 Comments

Why many organisations will fail with Enterprise 2.0

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Steve Dale

Euan Semple pretty much hits the nail on the end with his post on why companies (organisations) will fail with their approach to Enterprise 2.0. The fundamental reason is they still don’t get it, and not helped by the hype … Continue reading →

Posted in Enterprise 2.0, Web2.0 | 3 Comments

Web 2.0 and bridging the digital divide

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Steve Dale

I will be presenting at the Limehouse software user’s group today, 10th June, on the topic of Web 2.0 and the issues that local authorities face in bridging the digital. I will post my slides to Slideshare after the event.

Posted in Digital divide, Event, Web2.0 | 2 Comments

Using Web 2.0 for connecting and collaborating across local government

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Steve Dale

Ingrid Koehler over at the Policy and Performance blog writes about how Web 2.0 is being used to support improvement initiatives in the local government sector, and in particular the positioning of (virtual) communities of practice for engaging with staff … Continue reading →

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Can Government ever be agile?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Steve Dale

Paul Canning writes about the changing and shifting priorities of central government in relation to ‘eDemocracy’, and specifically the possible demise of the International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE), which  is – or was – a government funded … Continue reading →

Posted in BarcampUKGovWeb, Central Government, egov | 6 Comments