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RightClick 2011

The first web browser, appropriately named WorldWideWeb , was released publicly in August 1991 by 'Father of the Web' Tim Berners-L...

John Sheridan posted a link on Twitter to a very interesting analysis of the impact of social media on the revolutions across the Arab worl...

In the run-up to the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, the organisers have developed an animated infographic showing the points of control...

Steve Davies over at OzLoop has just published a thesis by Dr Derek Ambrose that looks at the topic of leadership in the Australian public ...

It's come to my attention that the BushfireConnect team were unsuccessful in securing a small grant under the  National Disaster Resil...

I'm at TEDxCanberra 2011 today liveblogging the event. It is also being livestreamed via the website, tedxcanberra.org and can be fo...

The Open Government Partnership is " a global effort to make governments better ", led by Brazil and the USA. The concept was a...

The US has launched an interesting discussion asking citizens how they think the Federal government can improve government websites. Run u...

Rather than posting in my blog today, I am breaking one of the rules of blogging (always pull people back to your own blog) by pointing peop...

Earlier tonight I gave a presentation at Parliament House about the workings and uses for Twitter in government. I've shared the prese...

This morning, like many Canberra residents, I awoke to the news of the Mitchell fire. Like most in the digital age (who weren't close ...

I've seen (and spoken with colleagues about) a number of austerity measures taken in government agencies around Australia over the last ...

I've been watching, and participating, in some of the discussions around whether government agencies and entire governments should centr...

I've been pinged by Pia Waugh to liveblog today's GovCamp AU event . What is a GovCamp? The official definition is: GovCamp is an ...

I am presenting from 3.20pm today, and my presentation is now available on slideshare, viewable as below. Developing an agency social medi...

I've taken some time off this morning to put together some extra slides for my presentation, so are not yet in the room, however have a ...

Hi, I'll be liveblogging parts of the AMI Marketing and Communications Conference today and tomorrow. You can also follow the confer...

I will be liveblogging much of the Walkley Public Affairs in the Nation's Capital conference today. See below for the liveblog, or fo...

With well over 20% of local governments in Australia using social media in their communication and engagement activities I've been plea...

"We are all cyborgs now" claims Amber Case in her January 2011 TED Director Talk (see her video below). The concept of humans ...

I'll be missing the Gov 2.0 conference that CeBIT is holding for the third time this October (25-26 October) due to my honeymoon. Howeve...

People invest an enormous amount of identity and personal energy into their own names. Names are our unique identifiers, defining us as se...

The ACT is holding its second Virtual Community Cabinet tonight from 7pm to 8pm, so I have again set up a livefeed to capture the tweets for...

Last week the US East Coast experienced a 5.8 magnitude earthquake . While comparatively weak compared to quakes experienced elsewhere in ...

I've commented before that it isn't a sound strategy for organisations to entrust their social media strategy to graduates, simply b...

In what I believe might be a first in Australia, the ACT Government has released the requirements and wireframes for its upcoming open gover...

You may still have time to consider attending the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Walkley Foundation's Public Affairs C...

One of the largest challenges for all forms of online use by government is how, as a late addition to the communications, engagement and pol...

I've just learnt about the Open Government Partnership (OGP) a global effort to "make governments better" through encouraging...

The Chief Minister of the ACT has announced via Twitter that the next Virtual Community Cabinet (on Twitter) will be held on 30 August at 7p...

I will be making my first trip to Perth to speak at the RightClick 2011 Conference on 30 September. If you're in town, or can make it ...

In Australia many people still treat microblogging tools such as Twitter with scepticism and scorn, or even dismiss it outright as a tool fo...

A Govcamp is an unconference specifically for government people, discussing government-related topics (usually, but not always related to co...

Recently Luke Fretwell over at Govfresh asked the question Time for government to plug into one platform? While I am a big fan of Luke&#...