Today telecommuting often refers to people who work from home, logging into computer networks to prepare documents and exchange information remotely. However across the world we’re starting to see examples of much broader and more intense forms of telecommuting. Warfare Take for example the RQ-1 Predator, an unmanned aerial vehicle that has been used since…
Almost exactly a year ago (on 28 October 2009) I posted a set of four videos from the ‘Shift happens’ and ‘Did you know?’ series, mapping the changes in society and growth of the internet through a range of statistics. It is time to update this – with the latest videos on the same topic…
Over the weekend I read an insightful an well written paper by Rebecca McKinnon of Harvard University. Presented at the two day ‘Liberation Technology in Authoritarian Regime‘ conference on 10-11 October, the paper provides some compelling evidence that the internet is not a tool for democracy, it is simply a tool and can be used…
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…
This week a colleague made me aware of a study conducted by Nielsen in April which found that online video ads were significantly more effective than TV ads amongst US viewers. Reported at ClickZ (but for some reason not widely reported by traditional media), the article states that, The research company conducted over 14,000 surveys…
Victoria has maintained its lead over other Australian states in the adoption of Government 2.0 through today’s release of the Government 2.0 Action Plan – Victoria. The Plan outlines four priority areas for Gov 2.0: Driving adoption in the VPS > Leadership Engaging communities and citizens > Participation Opening up government > Transparency Building capability…
PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have opened voting for the 11th Annual award for the Top 10 Who are changing the world of Internet and Politics in 2010. I’m proud to have been nominated for a second year in a row, alongside Senator Kate Lundy. A third Australian has joined us in the nominations…
I’ve been looking over my posts for the last year and thinking about how many people may have missed some because they didn’t notice them for the few days they were on the front page. So I thought I should highlight some of the most read posts in my blog over the last year. How…
Microsoft has just released a beta version of Internet Explorer 9, however is still having to ask organisations to stop using Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Despite lacking the ability to fully view the modern web IE6, released nine years ago, is still used by a number of Australian organisations, including some government agencies. The Sydney…
Tiphereth Gloria has posted on Digital Tip a very interesting post regarding how iPhones dominate mobile internet access in Australia. Quoting June 2010 figures, her post iPhones dominate Australian mobile internet says that iPhones account for 93% of mobile access, with Android, Blackberries, Symbian and other operating systems combined only accounting for 7% of the…
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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