OpenGov: One big challenge? Or a thousand small hurdles
Excellent post by Tim Davies. He argues that when it comes to governments and large organisations engaging with technology for social change, there is not one big challenge but lots of little ones; and...
View ArticleThe Digital Inclusion Champion hasn’t convinced me that she understands what...
In yesterday’s interview with BBC Breakfast, Digital Inclusion Champion Martha Lane Fox rather worried me. She seemed to be advocating something because someone else had told her it’s a good idea, and...
View ArticleSocitim’s ‘Better Connected 2010′ report: what did it say? Join the...
A few weeks ago Socitm released their Better Connected 2010 report on the quality of local council websites. Stuart Harrison has read the report, and in the last of our pilot digital engagement...
View ArticleArguments for open local data
One of the challenges facing proponents of open data is persuading others of its value; particularly persuading the custodians of data that making it publicly available is a valuable thing to do, and...
View ArticlePublic consultation or user testing?
The only difference between engaging someone in public consultation and engaging them in user testing is, as far as I can see, the type of reward they get for taking part. With user testing it’s easy:...
View ArticleA council might publish open data, but how does it encourage good use of that...
At UK GovCamp recently a bunch of us looked at what an open data platform should look like. Not the technical stuff, but what a council would need to do to make the most of it. One aspect of that is...
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