Archive for 'rationalisation'
Mandarin blasts UK gov web failure
A top Whitehall civil servant has sensationally quit in protest at government's failure to take the web seriously. Well, I'm sure someone's going to write it up like that, so it might as well be me. It hasn't exactly been top secret, but 'Whitehall Webby' blogger Jeremy Gould has now formally announced his departure from [...] read on »
Irrational(ised) Business Link
I've just received an invite to attend a Free Business Advice Open Day, hosted by HMRC with the support and active participation of Business Link. Their glossy leaflet includes a URL on the front cover: www.businessadviceday.gov.uk. You can probably guess where I'm going with this. In November 2005, the Transformational Government strategy declared: For customer [...] read on »
Whitehall, WordPress, where?
We love WordPress round here, and our passion is infectious. I'm currently talking to a handful of new people about possible WordPress-based projects: some small, some huge. The 'yes we can' message goes a long way. But the unknown in the equation is always: where to host it? You don't have to look too hard [...] read on »