Archive for September 2010
New Open Government licence
Way back in January, I noted OPSI's commitment to replace the Click-Use Licence with something closely resembling the Creative Commons 'by' licence. Following its early introduction on data.gov.uk, it's now been formally launched - and already, departments are altering their terms & conditions to reflect it. Officially named the Open Government Licence, it states in [...] read on »
WordPress as bug-tracker
We're heading into the final furlong on one of the biggest projects Puffbox has ever been involved in. All being well, we should be able to talk about it in a week or so. Trust me, it's significant. The stakes with this job are higher than most; so I wanted to take testing and bug-tracking [...] read on »
Stott announces retirement
Appropriately enough, Andrew Stott has announced his retirement from the position of Director of Digital Engagement via Twitter. He'll be leaving in December, to be replaced* by Katie Davis - who recently returned to the Cabinet Office following a three-year stint as Executive Director of Strategy for the Identity and Passport Service. In her previous [...] read on »
DFID’s blogs feed new Guardian site
With the kind assistance of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (I think he used to be big in computing or something), the Guardian has launched a new (sub)site dedicated to global development. And quite remarkably, it features regular contributions by UK civil servants. In fact, it's feeding (literally) off the DFID Bloggers site, built [...] read on »
RSS is dead, long live RSS
As a long-time user of Bloglines, it's been pretty clear that the veteran online RSS reader was suffering from a lack of love lately. More often than not, when you hit the URL, you got an error message: two or three refreshes each time wasn't unusual. The 'beta' version of its next incarnation showed no [...] read on »
A ‘WordCamp’ for Whitehall
I'm putting together an all-day seminar for civil servants already working with WordPress, or seriously considering it. But I'm afraid if you weren't quick to register, it's too late: all the places went within 25 hours. read on »
Back in business
Thanks, everyone for going easy during the month of August. I haven't said much about why I took the time off, and don't propose to: trying to maintain a distance between my private and professional lives. But one word of advice: don't, under any circumstances, ask me if I enjoyed my 'holiday'. Totally the wrong [...] read on »