"What I find refreshing about Chris’ thoughts on Government 2.0 is that he concentrates not on the tools themselves, but on being helpful, on customer service. He advocates for asynchronous communications and for engaging with the community when and where they are, rather than trying to get more comments or web traffic."

"Who says social web sites improve friendships? For while they can undoubtedly help us meet new people and stay in touch, their effect on the way we converse with one another face-to-face can be decidedly negative."

Look come see! (or watch on the web of course)

Cheap as chips streaming anyone? (via Chris Thorpe)

"Disabled commuters forced to pay more for an inconsistent and inaccessible public transport system across the UK, as revealed by a three month undercover investigation published today."

Simple and slick (via @purserj)

via @technicalfault

"Planning Consultation has been developed by Chelgate Public Relations as a planning PR tool to properly engage with the local communities surrounding a proposed development. Using the internet in this way provides the general public with a single source of unequivocal information about current proposals, and an easily accessible channel by which they can comment and have their queries answered."

A great gov read

"We believe that if everyone does at least one of these simple actions, we could make a big change to the way refugees and British born people see each other."

What psychological personality tests reveal about Clinton, Obama, and McCain.

"The RSA is interested in constructing more sophisticated, network-based solutions to social problems alongside more traditional, hierarchical interventions."

Me and some other local govwebgeek types