If you’ve ever mistyped the name of a webpage, or used a hyperlink to visit a page that has been removed, you’ve probably seen a website’s 404 – page not found ‘error’ page. This code is meant to communicate that the web server hosting the website could not find the page you requested. The default…
I believe that one of the keys to successful projects is to maximise time spent on the project goals and minimise time spent dealing with project tools. In the past I’ve seen projects fail or delayed due to the difficulty in managing project teams across different areas of a single organisation or, worse yet, across…
Just as electricity infrastructure is the lifeblood of an industrialised society, high-speed broadband is the lifeblood of a modern information society. There’s an enormous wealth gap between nations that took a first mover advantage in establishing appropriate infrastructure to facilitate economic development and those that did not place infrastructure as high on the agenda. We’re…
A few months ago a PR agency representing the National Australia Bank (NAB) made a series of comments on AFL blogs advertising NAB services. This incident has been discussed in publications such as Marketing Magazine, NAB spamming: maybe it’s time to take dance lessons and Crickey, NAB spams blogs to spruik its SMS banking, which…
As a business professional in the online space I have always found it important to grasp the views of our IT colleagues to help us work with them more effectively. If you have some free time over the weekend, ZDNet’s CIO Vision series is well worth reviewing. I’ve been watching the series for a couple…
I regard mobile internet access as of strategic concern to Australia’s development as a connected nation. While fixed wire broadband is also crucial, mobile access is the best approach for filling the gaps cost-effectively in a large low-population nation such as Australia. Also mobile internet supports ubiquitous instant access to information, which fixed broadband does…
A List Apart is conducting a survey on the work situations of those working in the web space – from developers and web designers, through to content managers and online publishers. Last year the survey (held for the first time) had 33,000 respondents, roughly 1,700 from Australia. This year is expected to be much bigger….
In The Techie in Chief, appearing in next week’s Newsweek, Anna Quindlen provides a strong case why no-one at senior levels in the public sector can afford to be unfamiliar with modern telecommunications technologies. One key reason she highlights is that leaders need to lead – they need to be out in front of the…
Public sector blogging is becoming established in the UK, US and even New Zealand – although there is still very little being written by Australian public servants (‘government’ isn’t even a category in Australian blog indexes such as The Australia Index). Situations such as Civil Serf in the UK and Washingtonienne in the US raised…
This post has been inspired by a post in the blog Here Comes Everybody, titled Gin, Television and Social Surplus. I strongly suggest that you also read this and think about the ramifications. With the globe’s total knowledge doubling every two years, being innovative is not longer simply an economic advantage for nations – it’s…
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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