I’ve taken some time off this morning to put together some extra slides for my presentation, so are not yet in the room, however have a liveblog running to capture the tweeters who are…
My presentation is at 3.20pm today and will be on slideshare shortly afterwards.
Many people consider Google as a search engine, or maybe as a search and email system, with a few extra frills like maps. However with over 1 billion searches a day, Google is not only aggregating the world’s knowledge, it is learning about the world’s citizens, what interests them, how they think and feel –…
The US Defense department is currently investigating the development of virtual parents to allow children to communicate online with parents who are on active duty. Reported by Nextgov in the article, Military hoping chat bots can comfort children when parents deployed, the article states that, the military says it’s seeking to “develop a highly interactive…
We have bid farewell to Andrew Stott and welcomed Patrick McCormick to lead the second workshop at the CEBIT Gov 2.0 conference. One of the first things we’ve done is an exercise in information overload that is easy to replicate in your own office. Get a group of four people, nominate one as the subject….
Back on 8 December the APSC released Circular 2008/8: Interim protocols for online media participation. I was waiting to hear about them officially before posting about them. However as I’ve not yet seen any coverage through these channels, I figured that it was time to post about them to raise some awareness for those of…
Launched by the NSW Premier at NSWSphere on Friday, Apps4NSW is the first Australian public competition for reusing online NSW government data to create useful applications for the public. Quoting the new site, In the competition, individuals and groups will compete for cash prizes by creating ideas and software application prototypes that can be used…
BarCamp Canberra 2010 is on today, a free ‘unconference’ (meaning it is community organised and anyone can speak) focusing on internet and design related topics from technology through social media and edemocracy to culture (including Government 2.0). If you’re around the city today, why not drop in for a few sessions at the Computer Science…
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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