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Simon Dickson, principal consultant at Puffbox, has been blogging about e-government, online politics, and WordPress since 2005. Some important people read it.

Archive for 'dailymail'

Minister (not) warned for (not) tweeting at 1am

For the last week or two, I've been trying to draw together some thoughts on Ministers and blogging / tweeting, particularly as regards former Opposition figures now finding themselves in government, and a coalition government at that. Truth be told, I still don't have a great conclusion to share, only that it's a bit complicated. [...] read on »

New No10 site in the Mail

7 August 2008 0 ,

Thursday's Daily Mail picks up on the imminent launch of the new Downing Street website, and chooses to focus on the 'Number10TV' video element, to be powered by Brightcove. But for once, it's a story driven more by its scepticism about new technology than its dislike of the current government. They wrongly call it 'the [...] read on »

Reason to be miserable

20 June 2008 2 , ,

I can't make my mind up about the media attention drawn by Labour MP, and junior transport minister Tom Harris, for comments on his blog. Or more accurately, by the reproduction of those comments on the front of the Daily Mail. On the one hand, I'm quite pleased that the word 'blog' barely comes into [...] read on »

Here is the news

Some very interesting numbers from Robin Goad at Hitwise, showing just how dominant (or not, he concludes) the BBC News website is in the UK news market. What I find most interesting is the mix of news providers in this ranking. You've got broadcasters, newspapers, portals and aggregators (both social and automated), with no one [...] read on »

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