Monthly Archives: April 2010

Getting rid of IE6 – civil servants you can ignore this!

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Steve Dale

This notice from PayPal caught my eye today in relation to safe web browsers. Getting on my hobby horse again (see previous post on this topic), I wonder when the UK public sector are going to wake up to the … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks for April 22nd through April 27th

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Steve Dale

These are my links for April 22nd through April 27th: The Conservative Party | News | Speeches | Adam Afriyie: Government must improve access to data – “The campaign to ‘free our data’ is an important one – all the … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Hub Hotseat (transcript)

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Steve Dale

The following is a transcript of the Knowledge Hub ‘Hot Seat’ on-line question and answer session that took place on 26th February 2010 on the IDeA CoP Platform. Further information about the Knowledge Hub is available at: http://www.local.gov.uk/knowledgehub Video Transcript: … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks for April 7th through April 18th

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Steve Dale

These are my links for April 7th through April 18th: Buzz – Stuff – Post to Buzz
Help people share stuff from your website in Google Buzz What To Look For When You Hire A Community Manager – FeverBee … Continue reading →

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Online Information Conference 2010 – Call for Papers

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Steve Dale

Have you submitted a proposal yet? The deadline of May 3rd is approaching fast. Here’s why you should submit a proposal: Show case your work with 700 delegates from over 40 countries and be seen as a pioneer and leader … Continue reading →

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Creating a feed for websites that do not have RSS

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Steve Dale

I’m not sure if anyone else has shared my frustration at having come across a really useful or interesting website and then discovered there is no RSS facility to subscribe to subsequent updates. Clearly the author/owner of the website believes … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks for March 31st through April 5th

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Steve Dale

These are my links for March 31st through April 5th: http://crenk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/web-3.0.png – Im sure a lot of you out there have heard the term Web 2.0, but today I wanted to explain Web 3.0. Web 3.0 is a very interesting … Continue reading →

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Ordnance Survey datasets and products available for free use and re-use from 1 April 2010.

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Steve Dale

On 23 December 2009, the Government published a consultation paper on policy options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey. The purpose of this consultation was to seek views about how to best implement proposals made by the Prime Minister on … Continue reading →

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