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Toughen up – we need online anonymity

Bycraigthomler 21 September 2011

Rather than posting in my blog today, I am breaking one of the rules of blogging (always pull people back to your own blog) by pointing people to an opinion piece in Mumbrella that I wrote recently after reading a couple of other opinion pieces attacking the basis for allowing anonymous commentary online.

Toughen up – we need online anonymity

Please comment in Mumbrella (anonymously if you prefer) to continue the discussion.

Note that I wasn’t paid for my opinion 🙂

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63 reasons your agency should have a social media presence
Bycraigthomler 18 September 2012

It is 46 years since the internet was first developed (ARPA network), 21 years since the development of the first web browser (aptly named WorldWideWeb) and fifteen years since the launch of the first recognisable social network (SixDegrees.com). Today half our population actively uses Facebook, and over 60 per cent of Australians use some form of…

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Australian Government’s CIO urges public servants to become “Gov 2.0 activists”
Bycraigthomler 28 July 2010

According to a report in FutureGov, Australia’s GCIO talks tough at FutureGov Forum, Ann Steward has urged public servants to actively embrace Government 2.0 in their agencies. The article stated that, Steward said that although a lot of good work was being done, agencies needed to identify the internal barriers to embracing Gov 2.0, and…

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Open Gov Day – 30+ US Federal agencies release their Open Government strategic plans
Bycraigthomler 8 April 2010

In the last 24 hours, over 30 US Federal agencies have released their Open Government plans in a strategic outpouring that demonstrates some of the best whole-of-government Gove 2.0 leadership in the world. Govloop has published a complete list of these Open Government plans via the free online public database service Socrata (a 3rd party…

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The power of participatory culture – in government
Bycraigthomler 21 June 2008

Stephen Collins of Acidlabs has delivered an extremely powerful presentation on the power of participatory culture and the evolution of social media as an extension of the natural tendency for humans to form communities. These communities empower organisations, fostering a positive culture, improving staff retention, supporting collaboration and breaking down silos – making individual employees,…

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How to solve the digital divide – do nothing
Bycraigthomler 18 December 2010

There’s still talk, from time to time, about the digital divide between internet users and those without internet access. It is said that the divide will produce a long-term group of privileged people with ready access to the world, while leaving those in remote areas, with low literacy or low incomes, trapped in a cycle…

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Involved in eProcurement? European eprocurement forum looking to build international ties
Bycraigthomler 30 December 2008

The European eProcurement forum (an initiative supported by the European Commission) is seeking to build international ties to improve its understanding and build collective knowledge about what is occuring in the eprocurement field, what works and what doesn’t work in different jurisdictions around the world. If you’re involved or interested in eprocurement, check them out…

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