Features
Launching the FutureGov Network: a crowdsourced social network
So we have just gone live with the FutureGov Nework social networking site! We have developed this site as a really straight forward, open and easy to use place to start to capture those things that we all do to improve public services - share stuff we’re all working on wherever we are, look at what other people are doing and, most importantly, talk.
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Where to find FutureGov in June and July»A bit like back in March this year, it seems event time is upon again here in FutureGov Towers. So here’s just a quick post pulling it all together to let you know where you can find us in case you fancy coming along and joining in the fun yourselves.
Videos
We are the government. Us Now.»A bit of a delayed post this one, but a couple of Wednesdays ago I was lucky enough to go along to a screening of Ivo Gormley’s new film Us Now. Pitched as “a film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet”, Us Now focuses on the changing relationship between citizens and the state enabled by developments in technology and the expansion of the Internet.
Interviews
Podcast: Barnet Council and Public Services 2.0»A couple of weeks ago I agreed to take part in the Parity Podcasts series, aimed at interviews with technical and business people working in the area of Collaborative Information Management and Web 2.0. In the podcasts the people share their knowledge and experiences of developing and deploying systems and solutions.