I have to admit that for a long time I’ve been a blog skeptic. Who actually sits down at their computer to read someone else’s personal journal? I think this has been one of the barriers I had towards blogging myself – I felt that I’d get better mileage out of talking ideas through with…
Part of my interest in social media at the moment is related to how I’m encouraging its use within our agency. I’m very interested in hearing about what other agencies are doing. At work we have a team rolling out a community of practice using a wiki-based system, with an extranet to follow. I hope…
Last week I discussed how Google was preparing to announce the release of it’s new Ad Planner tool. It’s now available in beta with selected Google customers and an Ad Planner sneak peak is available online, with an image of the interface which demonstrates how the tool can segment site reach by demographics including gender,…
I’m on a bit of a social media kick this weekend due to all the fantastic resources I’ve found on the topic in the last several days. I wanted to flag a couple of these in particular that I found useful, and may be useful for others. My first great find was a CIO magazine…
I remember viral advertising being the flavour of the month a few years ago. Every ad agency out there was touting the concept – create some tool, video or website that would capture the popular imagination and create enormous online ‘word-of-mouth’ at a low cost. However when it came to execution, it was very hard…
I’m very interested in receiving comments on how different government departments and agencies are tracking towards meeting the goals of the 2006 e-Government Strategy (which runs to 2010). We’re close to the midpoint and I’ve not seen much in the way of progress reporting. Background for those unfamiliar – the 2006 e-Government Strategy, Responsive Government:…
An interesting article was released in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology earlier this year discussing a view that government should focus on providing usable data online rather than full-blown websites. Titled Government Data and the Invisible Hand , the premise was quite simply explained in the abstract: Rather than struggling, as it currently…
I’ve previously blogged about the impact of the online channel on Barack Obama’s campaign and how it contributed significantly to his nomination as the Democrat presidential candidate. There have also been broader implications for the US government scene, as captured in a Pew report released last week. Pew has been one of my favourite commentators…
A quick addition to my post on real-time government, here’s more background on how online technologies are being used to enable real-time government. Watch Congressman’s Culberson video stream for an explanation of an approach he’s using to reach his constituents as a ‘real-time representative’.
I’ve noticed a tendency in Australia for government agencies to focus on having their websites work perfectly in Microsoft Internet Explorer, but not always quite so well in Firefox, Safari, Opera or other web browsers. This isn’t limited to the public sector, private sector organisations face the same issue of cross-browser compatibility. On one hand…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
'; loop.parentNode.insertBefore(w,loop); })();