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BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1)
First thing in the morning on Sunday 15th April there was barely a cloud in the sky above Manchester. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and I was off camping. It was a few miles walk to the camp … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Social Media, Technology
Tagged BlueLight Camp, Local Government, Police, technology, tools, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
10 Comments
A ‘Sociable’ Enterprise?
Last week, in a post for Weekly Blog Club, I wrote about the new iPad, and how I use it for work. Phil Jewitt kindly mentioned my post on Twitter, and a we chatted about how weeklyblogclubbers possess all sorts of qualities … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Twitter, weekly blog club
Tagged Blog, IslandGovCamp, Orkney, Twitter, Unconference
14 Comments
Keep taking the tablets
Ok, I admit it, I bought an iPad. It’s a third generation, or “new iPad”, as Apple insist on referring to it. I was one of the many thousands world-wide who bought the latest shiny thing, the first day it … Continue reading
Posted in iPad, Social Media, Technology
Tagged Evernote, gadgets, ipad, paperless office, Tablet, technology, Twitter
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Ten (more) of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter
A couple of months ago I blogged about ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. I didn’t – and still don’t – pretend to have any great expertise but, as I’d tried a bunch of different products, … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Technology, Twitter
Tagged analysis, analytics, Crowdbooster, reporting, tools, Trendsmap, Tweetgrid, Tweetstats, Twitter, visualisation
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LocalGovCampNW (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a post about LocalGovCampNW, an unconference held in Preston on 4th February. It’s the second instalment, as last week I ran out of time, and had to get something in by midday on Thursday to meet Weekly Blog … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Technology, Wikipedia
Tagged ipad, LinkedIn, QR Codes, social media, Twitter, weekly blog club
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Preston is a nice place. Oh, and Local Gov Camp North West (Part 1)
Preston & LocalGovCampNW (Part 1) On Saturday I attended Local Gov Camp North West, or #LocalGovCampNW as it’s known on Twitter. Whilst it’s only a couple of weeks since UK GovCamp, I couldn’t resist going along, even though it’s quite … Continue reading
Why I shan’t be blogging this week
I shan’t be blogging this week as it’s already Wednesday evening and I’m tired. The deadline for Weekly Blog Club is midday tomorrow, and I’m in the office first thing, so I’ve only got tonight. No, I’m going to switch … Continue reading
Posted in Events, LocalGov, Social Media, Yammer
Tagged LinkedIn, Social network, Twitter, weekly blog club
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