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May 2009

May 13, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Categories: Ramblings
Recent revelations that British Members of Parliament have abused their expenses are pretty appalling. But maybe it’s society that needs to change its attitude, and not simply the MPs. Yesterday Lord Foulkes challenged BBC presenter Carrie Gracie to reveal her salary. When she did, he lambasted her for daring to cross-examine him when her own salary [...]

May 12, 2009 at 10:30 am
Categories: Tuesday Tips
Is your plastic spatula starting to smell of old cooking? Sterilise with Milton then rinse with boiling water.

May 12, 2009 at 2:14 am
Categories: Ramblings
I keep telling people how my life has altered since using Twitter, even though I’m well aware of how sad that sounds. The thing is it’s not really about Twitter at all, but about people: all Twitter did was help me find them. This post will appear particularly self-indulgent: it’s trying to articulate something that [...]

May 8, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Categories: Culture
Museums at Night 2009 will bring together museums, galleries and heritage sites with a range of special evening events. I promised to plug this, so here goes. Over the weekend of 15, 16 and 17 May, museums across the country will be running a range of fun events in the evening. There will be ‘tours [...]

May 6, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Categories: Digital engagement,Sheep Dip
Excellent post by Tim Davies. He argues that when it comes to governments and large organisations engaging with technology for social change, there is not one big challenge but lots of little ones; and that as those multiply, the ability to engage effectively shrinks. He then lists 50 key challenges that he's encountered so far this year: so now we know they exist we can do something about them; and – hopefully – improve the chances of technology to support social change effectively.

Visit OpenGov: One big challenge? Or a thousand small hurdles