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Comment on Mapping council wards against public statistics by I draw people

I draw people — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:16:03 +0000

Agree completely, kudos to the decision to open up the data and make it available. Very helpful for many!

Comment on Young people don’t value the political power of social media, but they would vote by 6-APB Research

6-APB Research — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:21:39 +0000

Nice blog. More enthusiasm for rights, over our responsibilities, mistrust and disappointment with politicians who don’t live up to expectations, but no great concern over whether they are accessible, and responsive to those that elect them.

Comment on Putting critical reflection onto the Digital Engagement agenda by Mephedrone

Mephedrone — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:19:34 +0000

agree with most of the above. getting the message out to the people who need engagement. Hope the team at whitehall in charge of making it happen get time to read your wise words.

Comment on Twitter strategy and policy by Mephedrone

Mephedrone — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:56:51 +0000

Twitter is a great platform, but how will they make money from it?

Comment on Young people don’t value the political power of social media, but they would vote by Mephedrone

Mephedrone — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:55:51 +0000

I also disagree and agree with nrg, voting online will not be available as it is open to too much abuse - more so than paper voting.

Comment on Online communications: Blogging and social media by Citizensheep » Do organisations really need social media policies?

Citizensheep » Do organisations really need social media policies? — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:36:53 +0000

[...] I wrote a guide to blogging and social media that aims to give collueagues some advice but tries to avoid a ‘right way’ of doing it [...]

Comment on With the power to supply public services comes greater public scrutiny of voluntary sector organisations by If charities are to deliver public services then they will need to release data « Open Local Data Blog

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:55:19 +0000

[...] This post is based on one I published to the Citizenship Foundation’s blog. [...]

Comment on Mapping council wards against public statistics by Grappling with Google maps: Creating a ward map of Cardiff « How to microblog in high heels

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:14:51 +0000

[...] Reason is – ward data wasn’t really available until April this year, according to this post by Michael Grimes – so no wonder it’s not really [...]

Comment on Young people don’t value the political power of social media, but they would vote by Webmaster blog » School student learning preferences: a visualisation

Webmaster blog » School student learning preferences: a visualisation — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:27:37 +0000

[...] So far I have not been very good at demonstrating our work visually. To begin redressing this I have had a go at visualising some of the results from last year’s political engagement research. [...]

Comment on Would you be interested in collaborating on web usability testing? by Eleanor Holmes

Eleanor Holmes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:30:05 +0000

Andy’s got a good point actually on the subject of remote testing - we do this for International Testing. It’s not a bad idea if you can’t find a space - but watching someone use your designs is obviously better.