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Better Connected 2010 – comparing the 4 star homepages
As we’re currently considering designs for our organisation’s new website homepage, I thought it would be interesting to bring together all of the 11 local authority websites which were awarded the...
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Election Count 2.0 in Edinburgh
Twitter Election Map Over the past year or two there has been a palpable surge of interest in using Web 2.0 in the public sector, and in most cases that’s a very positive thing. The added value that...
View Article5 radical approaches to Intranets
We’re currently redeveloping our staff Intranet, and as part of this exercise I’ve been trying to radicalise my own thinking about what we want our Intranet to do – to challenge some of the assumptions...
View ArticleWalsall Council in round the clock Tweet experiment
Walsall Council have just wrapped up a round the clock Twitter marathon, during which time they tweeted about their services and the various things happening in the area. @walsallcouncil posted over...
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ScotGovCamp 2011 tickets now available
We’ve updated the ScotGovCamp website with a few more details of the 2011 event, and I’m pleased to say that booking is now open. The event takes place on Saturday 24th September in Aberdeen. GovCamps...
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Social Media awards for revamped youth parliament campaign
Last year we won a number of accolades for our use of social media to promote the 2009 Scottish Youth Parliament elections. I blogged at the time that we would be ramping up our efforts for the 2011...
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Getting social media right (or, how NOT to do Facebook)
We've come a long way already How far we’ve come. Not that long ago, many of us felt like we faced an insurmountable brick wall. Social media remained a black art in so many organisations –...
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Tartan Tweetmeet (in 500 words or less)
Tartan Tweetmeet In the spirit of Twitter’s conciseness, I’m keeping this below 500 words. Last night’s Tartan Tweetmeet was, by all accounts, a great success. The national event, which took place in 6...
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Could the EU cookie law be harming web accessibility?
Tip: if you’re short on time, skip to the end of this article which lists the key findings. A monster accessibility problem? Any reader of this blog who works with the web in Europe will probably be...
View ArticleConfessions of a Better connected reviewer
Today saw the publication of the annual Better connected survey of all UK local authority websites, produced by Socitm, which identifies good (and bad) practice based on extensive evidence-based...
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What is a mobile web user anyway? Top 5 assumptions to avoid
At yesterday’s Building Perfect Council Websites event in Birmingham, I chaired a discussion about what we really mean when we talk about our websites’ “mobile users”. This expands on some thoughts I...
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Thinking Mobile First
I’ve previously written about achieving the mobile web standard and avoiding assumptions about mobile users. Completing the mobile trilogy, here’s some advice for turning the whole thing on its head...
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