Never thought I'd see the day. Good going. "If we can understand more about the nature of place, where events happen, and the impacts on the people and assets at that location, we can plan better, manage risk better and use our resources better. This will increase the success rate for new initiatives, assist in the reduction of the potential for future problems and give tangible financial benefits."

A local guide to the borough.

Dull but important (mind, might be nice to get to a world - of VRM? - where this mad bureaucracy is unnecessary)

Couldn't agree more. Stories as fueling communities on and offline.

Sound aims I'm sure but this hurts my head.

"On 17th November the European Commission published the new Work Programme for the ICT theme of the FP7 Specific Programme ‘Cooperation’, defining the priorities for calls for proposals closing in 2009 and 2010 and the criteria that will be used for evaluating the proposals responding to these calls. A specific objective is entitled “ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling”, aiming to develop governance models, process flows, and analytical tools related to a proper understanding, interpretation, visualisation and harnessing of what we can name “e-Participation 2.0″: the potential of on-line collaborations to trigger and shape significant changes in the functioning of future societies."

Discussing Demos' fascinating report on views and adoption of social media in the workplace.

Social traffic reporting via Twitter for Greater Manchester. Nice nice.

David Wilcox reports back on Amplified08 and asks 'why?'. Pretty important question that I'd say and one that needs to be asked.

Rohan promotes ungeeking. "All innovation is, in essence, something we do together. When boundaries are crossed, be they between organisations, interests or geographies, the new conversations that result can lead to effective action and unexpected benefits."

Another one to consider for AccessCity

To use as inspiration for AccessCity

"This is a simple list of - currently - 56 examples of UK public sector organisations' use of social media, as a source of inspiration and ideas." Lovely jubbly. Nice work @lesteph.