Arthur C. Clarke, a famous science fiction and futurist once said, Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic I believe we reached that point quite some time ago in our civilisation. While most people watch television, drive cars, use electrical appliances, fly in jet aircraft, use computers and surf the internet, few understand how…
It is hard for me to believe that I’ve reached 1,000 posts on eGovAU – all talking about Government 2.0 and related topics. That’s well over half a million words I’ve written on the topic in around three years – around 5 decent-sized novels. Now I’m here I’m indulging in the opportunity to look back…
It makes me really upset when I visit a government website and find it written in dense technical or bureaucratic language. I can appreciate the desire of public servants to be precise and accurate in their choice of words, but often the language chosen is incomprehensible to people without two degrees and ten years experience…
For a very, very long time (more than ten years) I’ve been asking marketers and communicators in commercial and public sectors why they invest so heavily in producing and showing advertisements for channels which fewer and fewer people are watching and invest so little in the newer channels emerging. In most advertising budgets there’s still…
Based on information I’ve collected over the last year, and using the data collected via the Vic Government, I have prepared a Google Spreadsheet designed to identify who in the Commonwealth Government is using which social media channels in their activities. It is fairly basic at this stage; it is only Commonwealth for now (sorry…
The NSW government has introduced a new service where people can provide suggestions on what government information they would like to access via a web or mobile front-end. Thus far the eight suggestions focus heavily on public transport information – knowing when and where buses, trains and ferries may be found. You can add your…
The internet is increasingly defining the 21st century. It has become the primary medium used to find and share information, the most commonly used news and entertainment medium and has unleashed an outpouring of creativity which commentators, such as Clay Shirky have described as “the greatest in human history”. Equally there have been pressures to…
I felt that it would be useful to compile the online discussions during media140 #OzPolitics into a single work, a permanent record that could be reread, referenced and reconsidered. So over the long weekend, with assistance from PeopleBrowsr, the support of Julie Posetti and permission from FirstDogOnMoon and Mike Stuchbery to reuse some of their…
I thought I’d share a post brought to my attention by Geoff Mason via the Online Communicators Forum group in LinkedIn Written by Jared Stein at Flexknowlogy, Defining “Creepy Treehouse” explores the pitfalls when an organisation creates an online social environment. The article defines the term “Creepy Treehouse” in several ways, including as the following:…
If you followed the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington earlier this month, you may have seen Nicholas Gruen’s presentation on redefining public goods. If you haven’t, it is well worth reviewing (see below) – as are many of the other presentations from the event. These presentations are available online, together with slides, from the event’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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