There are now over 1.7 billion internet users in the world, sending more than 270 billion emails each day. Over 400 million people use Facebook each month (about 50% of them daily). Over 50 million Tweets are sent each day and over 75 million people visited Twitter’s site in January 2010. There are approximately 3…
I was asked today by a representative of another agency for my thoughts, advice and observations on government blogging. While I don’t think I have any particularly unique insights, I realise that people who are new to the medium are at an earlier point on their learning journey. So here’s the 20 thoughts I shared…
Public voting is now open for Apps4NSW, but only until Monday 22 March. So if you wanted to check out and vote for applications submitted to the competition, go to the Apps4NSW public voting site. EDIT: Note that it was entries that closed 22 March. Public voting remains open until 9 April.
We’re beginning to see the early shape of 21st Century statecraft, through how the UK and US have begun adopting social media approaches in their international relations. Both nations have recognised the need to engage their own citizens, and the citizens of other nations, in ongoing conversations – tapping broad bases of expertise and improving…
The Digital Policy Council at Digital Daya has released a thought-provoking report on the incidence of social media use by government leadership around the world, characterised through the use of Twitter, entitled Real Leaders Tweet (PDF) Considering the 163 countries recognised by the United Nations, the report indicates that 24 (15%) already have leaders or…
We’ve just started day 2 of FutureGov Hong Kong FutureGov Hong Kong – Day 2 LiveBlog
I’m attending FutureGov Hong Kong over the next two days and will be liveblogging and tweeting from the event as possible. The event features speakers and attendees from countries across Asia-Pac, including Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China and should provide insights into Government IT and Gov 2.0 initiatives across the region. We’re just…
I’m leaving for Hong Kong today (in fact I’m scheduled to board the plane 3 minutes after this post is scheduled to go live) to attend and speak at the FutureGov Hong Kong conference on behalf of my department. Depending on the availability of internet connectivity I will either liveblog and tweet parts of the…
Governments regularly hold consultations with their public – asking them for their views on matters as widespread as tax reform, copyright, health, culture and city planning. Whether these consultations are held through public events, print notices, online via email or social media engagement there’s one constant that governments rely on – that people are willing…
I’m a big fan for the use of gameplay to encourage people to explore concepts, test ideas, build skills and model behaviours while generating awareness – however it is a tool that I have not seen exploited anywhere near to the extent it could be in government or most commercial organisations in Australia (and yes…
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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