Comments on: The Audacity of Growth http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The perfect page… http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-24015 The perfect page… Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:18:42 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-24015 [...] the boss is focusing on what goes up when and how to make it more engaging, I’m mainly working on three [...] [...] the boss is focusing on what goes up when and how to make it more engaging, I’m mainly working on three [...]

]]> By: Adam Bailin http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-19930 Adam Bailin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:49:35 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-19930 Love the idea of using social bookmark feeds. Have already used it for my personal dashboard. Love the idea of using social bookmark feeds. Have already used it for my personal dashboard.

]]> By: Iain http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-17628 Iain Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:00:55 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-17628 That's good to know, and sorry if that sounded like a criticism, it was more an observation on the practical difficulties of delivering the inevitable raft of pre-election policy online, whilst still focusing on the bigger structural work - I don't envy you. Trying to link things cross-departmentally is something that in my experience gets talked about a lot, but in reality rarely happens. I like the idea of using aggregation and it's certainly something we'll look at ourselves. That’s good to know, and sorry if that sounded like a criticism, it was more an observation on the practical difficulties of delivering the inevitable raft of pre-election policy online, whilst still focusing on the bigger structural work – I don’t envy you.

Trying to link things cross-departmentally is something that in my experience gets talked about a lot, but in reality rarely happens. I like the idea of using aggregation and it’s certainly something we’ll look at ourselves.

]]> By: Steph http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-17600 Steph Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:19:19 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-17600 You've got me banged to rights there, Iain. In fact, sorting out that mess is actually a higher priority for the team than the bells and whistles of the kind I've described here, and hopefully will be resolved within the next couple of months after a long programme of work to sort it out. That said, I'd hope that aggregators like this (along with decent search) are part of the solution to the inevitable challenge of organisations and initiatives that come and go online. You’ve got me banged to rights there, Iain. In fact, sorting out that mess is actually a higher priority for the team than the bells and whistles of the kind I’ve described here, and hopefully will be resolved within the next couple of months after a long programme of work to sort it out.

That said, I’d hope that aggregators like this (along with decent search) are part of the solution to the inevitable challenge of organisations and initiatives that come and go online.

]]> By: Iain http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-17495 Iain Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:07:11 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-17495 Whilst admiring the resistance to yet another policy related government microsite, six months down the line the whole BIS, BERR, DIUS site jungle is becoming increasingly frustrating for the user. Whilst admiring the resistance to yet another policy related government microsite, six months down the line the whole BIS, BERR, DIUS site jungle is becoming increasingly frustrating for the user.

]]> By: Simon Dickson http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-17492 Simon Dickson Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:47:45 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-17492 Ah Steph, always so kind with the crediting. :) The thing to bear in mind with Obama is how relentless the emailing became - and still is, actually. I'm getting at least one personalised, editorialised email a week: and when the healthcare battle was at its peak before Christmas, it was up to one a day. All of which contain not just information, but a specific call to action: do this, go here, give us your money. (Oh, and do it NOW!) I'm not sure there are direct lessons for Government business there. A nice piece of work - again, yawn. There really isn't much you can't achieve with a cheeky combination of RSS, WordPress and a few free online services. Now... remind me why BIS is moving away from WordPress again? ;) Ah Steph, always so kind with the crediting. :)

The thing to bear in mind with Obama is how relentless the emailing became – and still is, actually. I’m getting at least one personalised, editorialised email a week: and when the healthcare battle was at its peak before Christmas, it was up to one a day. All of which contain not just information, but a specific call to action: do this, go here, give us your money. (Oh, and do it NOW!) I’m not sure there are direct lessons for Government business there.

A nice piece of work – again, yawn. There really isn’t much you can’t achieve with a cheeky combination of RSS, WordPress and a few free online services.

Now… remind me why BIS is moving away from WordPress again? ;)

]]> By: Whitehall Webby http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/01/the-audacity-of-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-17450 Whitehall Webby Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:01:04 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=597#comment-17450 That is just so, elegant. Excellent work. That is just so, elegant. Excellent work.

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