What if computer problems happened in real life?
I’ll let the video speak for itself…
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Advertising agencies, digital agencies, web developers & printers – you need to understand government’s online requirements
It has been an interesting experience working with advertising and digital agencies, web developers and printers while in government – particularly having been on the other side myself for more than ten years. While some are very good, others definitely ‘need development’ – particularly in the web delivery space. Government has a number of requirements…
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Should the government be leading on computing energy-efficiency?
As government increasingly digitalises, one of the hidden costs is the increase in electricity use by government computers and servers. More computers equals more power use, more cost and, ultimately, more strain on electrical generation across Australia. So a practical way for the government to prompt energy-efficiency, not only for the government itself but across…
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Getting creative with visualisations in Government sites and documents
Government is the master of the written word. Across Australian governments we probably produce billions of them each year, carefully organised into documents designed to impart knowledge and influence decisions. If you were to consider a medium-size agency producing, let’s estimate, twenty 100 page reports each year, fifty 2-page media releases and 200 4-page minutes,…
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Whether to reuse or build – government choices in a connected world
There’s been discussion on Twitter over the last day about whether Australian government should be building online platforms, such as a video aggregation and distribution service, URL shortcut tools (which Victoria have done) or collective infrastructure for hosting and developing all government websites. This has been an area of on-and-off discussion for over a year…
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No one ever got fired for buying Microsoft…
It used to be said that no-one ever got fired for buying IBM products. More recently much the same sentiment has been expressed about Microsoft. However that perception now appears to be under challenge. ReadWriteWeb reports in its article Google Sues US Government Agency Over Using Microsoft Only that, Google has filed a lawsuit against…
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World e.Gov Forum review Part 1: Gov 2.0 flavours
Due to jetlag, work and other activities (such as TEDxCanberra) it has taken me longer than I anticipated to get around to write my impressions and review of the World e.Gov Forum I attended from the 13-15 October in Paris. I attended the event as one of Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of…
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Bringing AIMIA to the ACT – plus AIMIA awards now open for entry
There’s been a recent effort begun to bring AIMIA (the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association) to the ACT. Coordinated by Reading Room, this is quite important to help improve education and standards in the interactive services being developed by government agencies and their agencies. To find out more, and to get involved, visit AIMIA in…
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Mind the Gap – rebranding in the social media age
Last Monday (4 October) one of the US’s most loved brands tried to introduce its new logo. The company went about it in the traditional, time-honoured way. Marketing staff had consulted internal stakeholders (who thought after twenty years the logo looked a little tired), considered the research and wrote a brief. Working with a creative…
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GovHack returns – as part of Amped
Last year Australia’s Gov 2.0 Taskforce initiated the GovHack event, produced by Web Directions, to showcase what could be done with open government data. This year I’m glad to see that GovHack is returning – as part of Amped, a free 10 hour hack day, in Sydney’s PowerHouse Museum on Sat 16th of October. Whether…