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ECI4all sytem: Replacement of OCS announced – but who are they? 19 Feb 2013 | 05:23 pm
You may be aware that the European Commission has been supporting the development of an online collection systems for online signatures for the European Citizens Initiative – it’s called OCS and hoste...
Disconnected Democracy: what Scotland's Community Councils aren't doing online 9 Nov 2012 | 12:56 am
Reblogged from Idea15 Blog: This summer the Edinburgh-based researcher Peter Cruichshank, assisted by volunteer intern Bruce Ryan, carried out the first-ever study of online presence and engagement am...
The resistible rise of Facebook 5 Sep 2012 | 12:43 pm
On a completely different subject: it’s interesting to compare the almost complete dominance of Facebook now with the situation as I found it a couple of years ago. From the Next Web, 10 June 2012: Fa...
What are community councils doing online in Scotland 3 Sep 2012 | 06:18 pm
Over the summer, I have been working with a volunteer intern Bruce Ryan carrying out an update of a study carried out 2004-2006 which investigated how technology could be developed to help regenerate ...
Identity and local citizenship: a modest proposal 29 Jul 2012 | 05:04 am
Starting from the overlap of geography, identity and citizenship online – and how it relates to e-identity. Raises questions including: what does it mean to be a ‘citizen’ of a place (city) when you’r...
Social media and The Lives of Others… Stasi Media? 19 Jul 2012 | 08:40 pm
Have you been getting the feeling that you need to be very careful what you say online for fear the police or media will take things the wrong way and land you in a load of unnecessary trouble? Espec...
Open source, open data, open options? 5 Jun 2012 | 05:48 am
I’ve been looking at open source in government and e-participation in particular for a while now, and this seems a good time to try to get into shape my thoughts on some of the reasons why open source...
Risk & control issues around social media in local government 28 Mar 2012 | 09:25 am
…in Scotland I was invited to do a brief talk about the changing risk environment in local government caused by the continuing impact of social media. What made the invitation particularly attractive ...
Online citizen engagement in Scotland: The independence referendum 23 Mar 2012 | 09:36 pm
Edinburgh University’s public participation network has been hosting The Citizen Participation Series. Last night, it turned to the digital world to explore how it is opening up new possibilities for ...
Want a Smart City? Take the people out! 24 Sep 2011 | 10:38 am
Recent news: An international technology company plans to develop and operate a massive technology testing and evaluation centre in New Mexico. The state Economic Development Department announced Tues...
