GovHack wrapped up tonight with drinks at CSIRO’s Discovery centre. Although many of the Govhackers had already departed for their drives and flights back to Sydney, Melbourne and other parts of Australia, around 30 people remained for the award ceremony. At the awards, Tom Coates spoke about how only 20 years ago Tim Berners-Lee had…
Here’s some of the other mashups created at GovHack… Picture Australia location search What is my postcode? (View data by postcode) Who represents me? (System that maps addresses to their representatives and polling booths for reuse in other services) LobbyClue (mapping Australian political lobbyists)
This afternoon I’ve been able to spend a few hours hanging out with a group of talented web developers, designers and programmers at Canberra Uni. They’ve gathered for the Gov 2.0 Taskforce sponsored GovHack event, to develop new mashup applications and services using government data released at data.australia.gov.au and data.nsw.gov.au. There’s been a great deal…
2009 has been called the year of mobile internet – and with good reason. The iPhone has become the fastest adopted consumer electronics product in history. Google’s Android has become a serious mobile platform and smartphones of every shade have continued to multiple exponentially. The mobile internet has been growing faster than any digital platform…
Dr Crispin Butteriss of Bang the Table gave the presentation below at the IAP2 Conference in Perth October 2009. It provides an excellent view of how governments can use forums to engage communities, including unveiling what types of feedback you can expect. Thanks to Matthew Crozier who brought my attention to this over at Ozloop….
Mark Scott, the Managing Director of ABC, has written a very interesting piece in Unleashed about the future of ‘old media’ empires entitled, Media after Empire. While it’s not specifically about Government, I thought it had some very interesting comments about ’empires’ which resonate with some of the challenges that the public sector faces in…
If you’re having difficulty getting across to your management the magnitude of the impact of the internet and changes in society, try showing them one or more of these videos – each is only around eight minutes long. They provide a snapshot (in figures) of the changes taking place in the world. In case you…
It can be quite hard at times to find out who in Australian government is doing what using social media. However due to a new service from the Victorian government it is possible to easily see what Victoria’s state and local governments are doing online. Hosted at Victoria Online, the social media section provides, a…
Often it’s assumed that teenagers are the main users of social networking tools from Facebook to Twitter. However the research conducted over the last few years indicates that the real situation is a little different. Based on the most recent Pew Internet research (of US internet users 18+) the median age of popular social networks…
At the Gov 2.0 Conference in Canberra last Monday, Minister Tanner said, “We do want to ensure that we have the capacity for public servants to feel able to engage, and engage in robust discussion online.” His comments were captured in a CEBIT article, Tanner: Gov 2.0 about culture change, not technology – and in…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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