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In case you’ve had your head buried in a good few feet of sand, then you’ll know all about the issues surrounding the new Birmingham City Council website. I won’t get into it too much here, but, suffice to say, the project was over budget, late and didn’t deliver half of what is expected from [...]

A thought occurred to me when driving to work this morning (’cos I’m sad like that) about the kinds of services councils need to manage their social media (in particular Twitter) presence well.
This is particularly pertinent with the demise of Twitapps, which, amongst other things, allows you to keep tracks of @ replies via email. [...]

For those of you who don’t know, Twitter have recently announced new terms of service, mainly in an attempt to clear up stuff about who owns your tweets, but also to try and stop the flood of spam.
Now, as someone who hates spam on Twitter with a passion bordering on the psychotic, this is a [...]

I’m a big fan of 1950’s artwork, so imagine my joy when I come across this little beauty in a long forgotten box at work.
It’s called ‘The Hydrogen Bomb’ and (I assume) is from the early 50’s – some of the artwork is fantastic (especially the oh-so-helpful diagram telling you to sit under the stairs) [...]

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Before I go any further, it’s worth pointing out that my views are my own, and not the views of my employer – just so you know like.

Well, it’s finally happened – massively over budget, and over three years late, Birmingham City Council’s website has finally launched.
And what a disappointment it is, admittedly it’s [...]