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Australian government Twitter list expanded to 553 accounts
I’ve been working away in my (copious) spare time to update the list of Australian government Twitter accounts – representing all levels of government. It has now reached 553 accounts – which has also forced me to start a new Twitter list due to their 500 follower limit. You can view the spreadsheet embedded below,…
How do we solve falling trust in online services before it becomes critical?
A few days ago LinkedIn launched its latest IOS app, Intro. The app promises to integrate LinkedIn profile content directly into emails, allowing more rapid connections and helping give email recipients access to a range of relevant information about the sender. Given both Apple and LinkedIn are well-known brands, many people are likely to trust…
Suggestions for governments stepping into open data
I’ve been completing a survey for the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) related to the Queensland Government’s open data initiative, where one of the questions asked Can you list or describe any learnings that would be useful in Queensland? I’ve provided a number of my thoughts on this topic, having closely observed open data initiatives by government…
Is Artificial Intelligence safe? It depends who you ask…
Over the last few days there’s been some significant calls for a slowdown or pause in artificial intelligence research and development, or at least for a pause on public implementations of AI. There’s some significant rationale behind this – with the arrival of GPT4 (which I’ve been extensively experimenting with) we have seen another huge…
Dumbing down or lifting up – writing in plain English respects your readers
It makes me really upset when I visit a government website and find it written in dense technical or bureaucratic language. I can appreciate the desire of public servants to be precise and accurate in their choice of words, but often the language chosen is incomprehensible to people without two degrees and ten years experience…
When too much public information is public
Related to my previous post, AZcentral reports that, Death notices removed from county Web site. Privacy concerns and identity-theft fears prompted Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell to halt public viewing of death certificates on the agency’s Web site. “There is so much personal information on them: a mother’s maiden name, what they died from,” Purcell…