From Charles Arthur also in the Guardian (2 November 2007)
The Irish government has dipped a toe into the free data market, making a group of datasets for boreholes around the country available online so that professional users - in particular those engaging in major construction or infrastructure planning - will be able to visualise subterranean […]
Ireland’s move on borehole data shows the way to Ordnance Survey
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Government as Platform, Ireland, Mashups, Software, Standards
Tags: api·Government as Platform·Ireland·Mashups
Open the gates of information- moving towards Government 2.0
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Collaboration, Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Trust, UK, WIKIS
I came across this article published in the Guardian on 14th June last year and thought it was worth linking to here.
Whitehall has taken a first step towards a Government 2.0 with a report that urges a greater official involvement with the grassroots web, says Michael Cross
Imagine Government 2.0. Wisdom no longer flows from officialdom […]
Tags: Collaboration·Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Trust·UK·Web 2.0·WIKIS
DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Society, Software, Standards
Excellent Multimedia Presentation outlining how DataPortability gathers existing open standards into a blueprint for a social, open, remixable web where your online identity, media, contacts and content can follow you wherever you go. Find out more at dataportability.org
Tags: data-portability·Microformats·RDI·social-networking·Standards
Tara Hunt on Government 2.0 at GOVIS in New Zealand.
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Mashups, NZ, Philosophy, Politics, Resources, Standards, Trust, Video, WIKIS, Web 2.0, transparency
Video of Tara Hunt Presenting her talk on Government 2.0 “Architecting for Collaboration” (May 26th 2007) to some New Zealand Government officials and staff at GOVIS and here also are the accompanying slides (hosted on slideshare.net). Its an excellent and inspiring presentation on Government as a platform, discussing 2.0 technologies and their role in enabling […]
Tags: api·Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Mashups·Microformats·NZ·Politics·Standards·Tara Hunt·Trust·Video·WIKIS
CMS Wire article on Jacob Nielsen’s new Intranet Report
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Content Management, Intranet, Knowledge Management, Reports, Trust
Jakob Nielsen has released his latest Intranet Design Annual. In it he lists the 10 best Intranets for 2008, discussing why they won. While the winners are interesting to know, what’s even more important are the reasons why they won – offering best practices and guidance to companies who want to make their own Intranet […]
Tags: Content Management·Design·Intranet·Knowledge Management·Trust·usability
SEMIC.EU (Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe)
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Europe, Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Society, Standards
SEMIC.EU (Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe) is a EU-Project to support the data exchange for pan-European eGovernment services. It aims to create a repository for interoperability assets that can be used by eGovernment projects and their stakeholders. Semic are currently gathering ideas and requirements for building the interoperability repository. Your can […]
Tags: EU·Europe·Government 2.0·Government as Platform·Standards
Fast Forward Blog Article on US Software company that has adopted Facebook as their Intranet
January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Mashups, Software, USA, Web 2.0
US Software Company Serena wanted to promote a greater connection between people. Facebook, which is both free and a great example of web 2.0, seemed to be the right answer. They established a private Facebook group for Serena employees and they built a few simple custom Facebook apps to better enable intranet functions. Now […]
Tags: Mashups·Software·USA·Web 2.0
MySociety.org
January 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Charity, Government 2.0, Local Government, Open Source, Software, UK
My Society.org is a UK Charitable organisation with two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. The second is to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to most efficiently use the internet […]