• Gilles Peterson Worldwide - Vol.01, No.35 - DJ Lefto previews Q Tips Worldwide 10 appearance
  Wouldn't normally do this, but this is top notch hiphop as a musical interlude for you all.
  (tags: podcast music hiphop gillespeterson worldwide)
• Local Weather / Select City
  Designer weather forecast (via Emily Webber)
  (tags: tools cities design information weather)
• The Obama effect - making local government cool « LGiU - the local democracy blog
  Thoughtful post bringing a deeper meaning and intelligence to my mantra (and I think you're cool whatever you say Jonathan!)

  "This is not about top down paternalistic delivery; engagement is crucial but effective engagement requires openness and confidence. You care what people think about the issues but you don’t care what they think of you. You are open to change and collaboration because you don’t need to prove that you’re right. You care about outcomes and not about approval. Easy to say, hard to do, especially when you’re up for re-election, but is this the key to making local government (even more) cool?"

  (tags: politics barakobama thinktank localauthority lgiu cool)
• The London Summit - Growth, jobs and stability
  Official site of the London Summit 2009
  (tags: london uk economy finance global recession we20 g20)
• Innovation: How social networking might change the world - tech - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist
  AccessCity makes the New Scientist (and We20!). Fantastic.
  (tags: social networking community innovation accesscity socialinnovation we20)
• 100,000 Twitter followers of @DowningStreet due to auto-opt-in when Account is Created | The Wardman Wire
  Gaming or fair play - you decide
  (tags: twitter games number10)

Right. Sorry to be awkward everyone, but here’s the thing: we had a load of entries to the big FutureGov competition and as the newbie around here I was tasked with making one person’s lucky day and announcing them the winner right here. But the winner I lovingly selected couldn’t make the date of the Politics Online conference and no other entries grabbed me in the same ingenious way.

• Faster Future: Publishing possibilities now and beyond: Winning with social media
  BrandoSocial launch
  (tags: social media pr agency brandosocial)
• brand tags
  "A collective experiment in brand perception."
  (tags: tools marketing design branding culture advertising tagging)
• Zubka
  Peer to peer recruitment service
  (tags: tools social community business recruitment jobs employment)

• UK Government lights a torch for open-source
  "The Government has made a step-change in policy towards open-source IT. In a publication today, Tom Watson MP, Minister for Digital Engagement, has effectively said that open source solutions are going to be given far greater opportunity at government level."
  (tags: techcrunch government policy uk opensource)
• For he’s a jolly good Fellow? at Interactive Knowhow
  Behind the scenes of the growing (or changing) pains of the RSA
  (tags: organisations change rsa membership)
• Conversation net present value « Engage Away
  "As the only government person in attendance (and possibly the first) it was reassuring to hear that everyone is facing the same dilemma’s regarding tracking customer/citizen sentiment; mapping user journey; quantifying behavioural change based on marketing/engagement activity; and deciphering comments/posts from the blogosphere."
  (tags: tools events engagement measurement measurementcamp)
• Evaluation of Online Engagement - DIUSwiki
  Our very own Michelle Lyon's emerging and groundbreaking work to quantify the impact of online engagement. One to watch.
  (tags: community participation government engagement digital strategy analytics measurement)
• DIYcity
  "Twitter bots, aggregators, social software, mobile apps - we use these things more and more in our daily routines to make our lives better. But can we also use them to remake our cities altogether? How can these technologies be applied to transform urban spaces, changing them from the centralized, hard-coded things they are today into finely-tuned, fluid, user-operated systems that are efficient, sustainable and fit for life in the 21st century?" (via Nico Macdonald through Victor Szilagyi at Samgsung Design)
  (tags: tools social sustainability community cities technology planning accesscity)
• Causecast
  "Causecast, dubbed "a one stop philanthropy shop" by TechCrunch, is a platform where media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose." A very American implementation - but very interesting concept mind (via Carrie Bishop)
  (tags: social networking community video socialenterprise charity nonprofit socialinnovation)
• Travel Time Tube Map (Built with Processing)
  Gulp/wow (via Carrie Bishop)
  (tags: maps design london travel visualization tube)

• Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use
  Government Action Plan
  (tags: government policy opensource cabinetoffice)
• Homepage : Nottingham City Council
  Nice work Notts Council. If you're gona use widgets, this is on the way to how - site a bit busy mind! (via @lgcnet)
  (tags: cities localauthority websites widget nottinghamcouncil)
• LocalGovCamp
  Should be good
  (tags: internet events localauthority birmingham barcamp localgovcamp)
• Design Council | What we do | Some of our activities | Design Bugs Out
  "Some of the UK’s top designers and manufacturers have been selected to redesign furniture and equipment for NHS hospitals to help in the fight against MRSA and other healthcare associated infections (HCAIs)."
  (tags: nhs healthcare enabledbydesign design crowdsourcing designcouncil)

Having recently brought Justin Kerr-Stevens and Michelle Lyons into the FutureGov fold, I thought why stop there so this week we’ve added one more to our number this week (the last for now at least!). Carrie Bishop has joined us to help out on developing FutureGov Networks and lots of other exciting projects. She’ll also be making an appearance on this here blog from time to time so look out for that.

• Pages of Hackney
  Independent Bookshop in Hackney (via Emily Webber)
  (tags: books shop hackney clapton)
• Tom Taylor at LIFT'08 :: Blog :: Headshift
  An oldie but a goodie from Tom on using the web to drive sustainable behaviours
  (tags: internet sustainability green headshift behaviourchange dothegreenthing tomtaylor)
• Greater London Authority - Jobs: Digital Marketing Manager
  Wonder who has got this one
  (tags: marketing london digital jobs GLA)
• FT.com / Arts / Film & Television - The comfort of strangers
  Us Now in the FT
  (tags: internet technology uk digital film FT ivogormley)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Sat-nav to aid disabled motorists
  via @sicamp
  (tags: accessibility disability technology cars geotagging accesscity satnav)
• London Cyclist
  (tags: howto blog london cycling accesscity)
• Changing the World (and other excuses for not getting a proper job…): Social Media vs the Recession?
  Great thoughtful piece from Dougal
  (tags: social media blog IDeA schoolofeverything recession society)
• Accessible.travel · Inclusive tourism for people with disabilities and mature market travellers
  "The world's first instant hotel booking engine for people with disabilities"
  (tags: accessibility disability travel accesscity)
• Get London Reading: > Books in London
  "Our interactive map features more than 400 books either set in, or about, the capital." (via Mark Earls)
  (tags: maps google london fun books mashup geotagging)
• New.Management.Express | edgy.
  "If Banksy ran your office what would it look like?"
  (tags: blogs work management manchester nmx mbs)
• Where next for Real Help Now? at Helpful Technology
  Great to see Steph (as the government) reaching out to crowdsource ideas for improving the new Number 10 site
  (tags: government uk family number10 recession support)
• Open Budget Iowa
  "We have created Open Budget Iowa to bring more transparency to the budget process and give the people of Iowa a direct voice in crafting a balanced, responsible state budget. We need your ideas and suggestions to find efficiencies and new cost savings in the budget." They're all doing it (via Tiago Peixoto)
  (tags: us participation government participatorybudgeting opengovernment recession fiscalstimulus iowa)
• Intridea - Design, Development, and Strategy for the Enterprise Web
  "Intridea™ designs and develops simple, intuitive applications to help companies realize the power of social & business collaboration, cloud computing, and next-generation tools for the Enterprise."
  (tags: social design websites agency development rubyonrails)

• Freer: Cut 'unjust' council rent rises
  The power of blogging
  (tags: media blog LGC housing leaderlistens mikefreer)
• Is the concept of microblogging scalable? :: Blog :: Headshift
  "While there is unanimous consent that we are facing one of the worst economic situations after WWII, there is a heated debate going on about the usefulness of Twitter. Some simply love it while others can't make sense of it viewing it as time-wasting and geeks' new toy."
  (tags: twitter enterprise2.0 microblogging headshift collaboration email)
• Twitter Is Now a Must in the Enterprise - Business Center - PC World
  The point has tipped
  (tags: twitter enterprise2.0 technology work collaboration)
• Fed 2.0 - A Conference on Social Media and Government
  Another in a succession of govweb conferences in DC in coming months
  (tags: social media politics us government washington)
• Government 2.0 Camp Pre-Conference Field Guide on Vimeo
  Getting excited now
  (tags: social media politics us government events government2.0)
• Real Help Now from HM Government
  Interesting approach. Shame there's no mechanism to bring people together to help each other peer to peer style. Classic top down government information provision approach. Good but not truly great.
  (tags: downingstreet gordonbrown recession)
• Journalism.co.uk :: Trinity Mirror titles open newsroom for live integration coverage
  Journalism 2.0
  (tags: newspaper blog news journalism story)
• Top 10 Twitter Tips for Beginners - Solutions by PC Magazine
  Good solid advice
  (tags: twitter tools howto advice)
• Government 2.0: The Rise of Citizen Innovation Through Open Data | iStrategyLabs
  Learning from Apps for Democracy initiative
  (tags: democracy us government technology publicservices apps appsfordemocracy)
• Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's top scholars
  Everyday TED (via Derek Baird)
  (tags: research video education university learning academia lectures)
• David Barrie
  "David is an urban consultant, project, design and media producer based in London, England. He creates and manages urban renewal projects for public and private organisations. And he makes TV programmes for Channel 4 Television and the BBC."
  (tags: research tv cities blogs bbc design channel4)
• Jobs | Yelp Community Manager | London
  Looks like a good one
  (tags: london jobs communitymanagement yelp)
• Accepting and advertising employer vacancies from within the adult entertainment industry by Jobcentre Plus
  "Between 01 August 2007 to 31 July 2008 Jobcentre Plus advertised over 2.26 million vacancies of which, 351 (0.015%) were within the adult entertainment industry." Role of JCP?
  (tags: work jobs jobcentreplus)
• FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM
  "FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM is the only completely non-partisan political social network that allows its members to write letters to their publicly elected officials. With the click of a mouse, a single letter can be delivered via both email and fax to one or all of the public officials you select!"
  (tags: tools social politics us community government activism congress freedomspeaks)

• microfunding - a unique new three-way funding process
  "microFunding Ltd is a company set up solely to help create profitable businesses for inventors and managers, and help give investors better returns from early stage opportunities. The process of three-way funding introductions is called microFunding."
  (tags: business fundraising finance startups)
• Thriving too: The Future of RSA Networks
  (tags: social networks future rsa)
• neighbo.com
  "Help neighbours, improve management of your block or estate, build better communities" (via Alberto Nardelli)
  (tags: community management local neighbourhoods housing hyperlocal)
• TwitterFone
  "Send Messages to Twitter with Voice" (via Adrian Moss)
  (tags: twitter tools mobile voice mashup apps phone)
• Affluenza Exhibition
  "We wanted to create a democratic platform for an open debate and possible solutions through artwork, performance, talks and discussions" and how to keep your emotional health.
  (tags: events projects economy mentalhealth recession affluenza)

• Public services are more important than online election campaigns :: Blog :: Headshift
  "Continuing our theme of transforming public services through online participation this year, we are proud to be co-sponsoring an event called Public Services 2.0 in Brussels on March 16. Held at the European Commission DG Information Society and Media…". To be livecast so look out for it on this site if you can't make it along.
  (tags: social government events eu headshift publicservices futuregovnetworks)
• The East Finchley Community Site
  Loving the hyperlocalism - and Barnet to boot!
  (tags: barnetcouncil community local hyperlocal eastfinchley)
• Ipsos MORI Political Monitor February 2009
  Feb update
  (tags: ipsosmori conservatives libdem newlabour opinionpoll)
• Big thinking - Big Lottery Fund - Home
  "Welcome to Big thinking, your chance to give us your views and help us plan for the future. Over the next few months we’ll be asking you to help us shape our funding policies from 2009 - 2015."
  (tags: fundraising projects finance lottery)
• GOGREEN
  Nice work from Westminster Council
  (tags: social media sustainability green environment westminster)
• Fifty People One Question :: Welcome
  "We had an idea. Go to a place. Ask fifty people the same question. Film their responses."
  (tags: social video viral culture film people storytelling inspiration question)
• A defence of political parties: Part 1 « Local Democracy
  Engagement vs consultation
  (tags: consultation politics engagement politicalparties)
• Tech Weekly podcast: the Digital Britain report and the government and new media | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  "Join Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss, Vic Keegan and Charles Arthur as they take Tech Weekly listeners on a cruise around the technology highway."
  (tags: government policy report digital podcast guardian digitalbritain)
• A Guide To Alternative London Maps - Londonist: London News, Food, Arts & Events
  "Prompted by a reader comment last week, we thought it'd be handy to have a directory of websites containing maps of London." (via Marshall Manson)
  (tags: maps cities london uk londonist)
• Future Inclusion - Inclusive practice - Outstanding performance
  "Future Inclusion helps you think strategically about your business and inclusion."
  (tags: accessibility disability transport accesscity tfl inclusion)
• YouTube - ukpbunit's Channel
  Particupatory budgets unit's YT channel
  (tags: consultation participation youtube finance)
• This is why you're fat.
  The grimness (via @stephenfry)
  (tags: blog health humour photos tumblr food)
• Walkley appointed Barnet chief
  Change at the top at Barnet
  (tags: barnetcouncil government localauthority pwc clg jobs ngdp)
• East Finchley - Connecting the Community in East Finchley
  Another hyperlocal site pops up. Nice work.
  (tags: social media barnetcouncil community networks eastfinchley)