Monthly Archives: December 2008

The story of Common Craft – in Plain English

ReadWriteWeb have re-posted a very interesting account of the Common Craft story. The following is an abstract: Five years ago Lee LeFever was an online community manager for a B2B healthcare company called Solucient. Today, his voice has been heard … Continue reading

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The Twitter 100

I came across this potentially useful compilation of the 100 most popular sites mashing up and remixing Twitter, as measured by the number of bookmarks at Del.icio.us. Thanks to the Museum of Modern Betas Labs for this list. twitter (13092) … Continue reading

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Personalising your social web should be a personal choice.

I’ve just picked up on (yet) another Twitter app called TwitchBoard. Twitchboard watches your Twitter-stream and notices anytime you post a url, and automatically sends the link to your Del.icio.us account. It represents the emerging class of cloud agents that … Continue reading

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Communities of Practice in the Public Sector

The slides from my presentation at the Online Information Conference have been posted to the conference website. The presentation covered the following key points: How social media tools (wikis, blogs etc.) and Web 2.0 technologies can facilitate more effective networking … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for December 9th through December 14th

These are my links for December 9th through December 14th: Community Toolbox – Bringing Solutions to Light – The Community Tool Box is the world's largest resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities. It offers more … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for December 7th through December 8th

These are my links for December 7th through December 8th: What's going on here then? | StreetWire (beta) – Welcome to StreetWire (beta) where you can find out what’s going on near you. From gigs and blog posts, to planning … Continue reading

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Twitter under the microscope

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Bookmarks for November 27th through December 4th

These are my links for November 27th through December 4th: 100+ More Ways to Organize Your Life – Last year we featured over 100 web applications to organize every aspect of your life, from your belongings to your social calendar, … Continue reading

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Clay Shirky – learn from stories and not lists of best practices

David Wilcox over at Socialreporter has managed to grab a few minutes of air time from Clay Shirky – author of Here Comes Everybody – at the Online Information 2008 event.  David asked Clay what would be the best way … Continue reading

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Communities of Practice in Local Government

I was interviewed recently by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) about the work I’ve been doing for them in developing Communities of Practice (CoPs) to support efficiency improvements and knowledge sharing in the local government sector in the UK. … Continue reading

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