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At the next Gov 2.0 Canberra lunch we’re taking a look at a topic rapidly growing in importance for government agencies – managing and moderating online communities. Quiip Director and Community Manager, Alison Michalk, will provide her insights into online community management, user-generated-content moderation and risk mitigation within the Web 2.0 space. The presentation will…
Harper Collins limits library eBook use to 26 lends before repurchase
There’s lots of interesting debates going on about ownership at the moment. Are the products and content you buy and enjoy owned by you? Do you have the right to switch formats, modify hardware, install software or make a personal copy? Sony has been fighting for years to prevent customers from modding their Playstations, arguing…
Launching my Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign at BarCamp Canberra
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MP interests to be published online
As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald a few days ago, Open Australia has requested, and plans to soon publish, the register of MP interests. Per the article, Interests of MPs to go online – it’s about time, while the register is publicly available, currently ‘public’ means that, As things stand, if you want to…
How management beliefs inhibit egovernment
I’ve met people who consider their online communities and online friends as significant and real influences on their lives. I’ve met others who regard online communities as some kind of crutch for a few lonely people with limited social skills. This is often characterised as a generational gap, shaped by how people see themselves in…
The road to public sector IT hell may not be paved with intentions at all
Something that scares me enormously is the house of cards that many (if not most) governments have built with their IT systems. It can be witnessed every time government agencies get ‘MOGed’ – Machinery of Government changes where parts of agencies are shifted to other agencies to meet the latest political whim. In these cases…