How government and citizens can benefit from Open Standards & Open Source Softwares
May 16, 2012 – 1:51 pm | No Comment

First of all, I’d like to start this blog by pointing out that Open Source Software (OSS) and Free Software are not the same thing.
As Carla Shcroder mentioned in her blog
Think of Free Software as being …

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Social Media Gov

There’s alot of stuff out there on social media in government. Here I’ve carefully chosen what you might need to know and other stuff that might be to your liking. So, check it out!

Straight From the Horses Mouth

Here you will find inspiring interviews with key individuals involved either directly or indirectly with local government and their take on online engagement. Very useful!

Tools for Engagement

Sometimes its hard to figure out what works, so why not look at some of the stuff here. You might find them useful to apply to your local council or community website.

Research Data

Here you will find all the research data on local government social media channels that has been collected to date, which includes Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and more to come. Keep checking!

Be Inspired!

Ever feel that you need to be inspired to do your job or just everyday life? Here I’ve hand picked some stuff that might just give you the boost that you need!

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Twitterplan: The Newest Mashup in UK Local Government
April 7, 2009 – 2:59 pm | 6 Comments
Twitterplan: The Newest Mashup in UK Local Government

I managed to catch up with Stuart Harrision/Pezholio this morning from Lichfield District Council to ask him about his new exciting development/mashup called Twitterplan. You can listen to the telephone interview here.

Just in case you wondering who else is working on some exciting mashups, have a look at Warwickshire Councils R&D website. They’re working on some interesting projects with me in the near future. You could find their Web Services and API Dump here. Look out for a post featuring their projects here on LGEOResearch soon.

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Interview with Lichfield Dictrict Council on Twitter Usage
January 15, 2009 – 2:09 pm | One Comment
Interview with Lichfield Dictrict Council on Twitter Usage

Straight from the Horses Mouth

Lichfield District Council Planning Twitter: http://twitter.com/ldcplanning
Twitter stats followers: 19
Twitter stats updates: 138
Twitter Fact: Lichfield DC is one of the councils who have setup a twitter account for a specific service (Planning …

Lichfield District Councils Innovative User Generated Content (UGC) Approach to using Flickr
January 15, 2009 – 1:04 pm | No Comment
Lichfield District Councils Innovative User Generated Content (UGC) Approach to using Flickr

Straight from the Horses Mouth

Lichfield District photo from Steve Lightfoot
We currently have 23 members and 332 photos in the group  pool, which, given that I only started the group in October is pretty impressive! The …