When I accepted an invitation to read and comment on Iggy Pintado’s new book Connection Generation (Amazon affiliate link), my expectation – based mainly and very subjectively on what I had observed of the author’s communications on Twitter – was that the book would provide some fresh insight into how social media fit in our…
Yesterday, Saturday July 18, I spoke at Barcamp Brisbane on some impressions from the Public Sphere #2 event Government 2.0: Policy and Practice workshop held a few weeks ago in the Australian National Capital, Canberra and shared some thoughts about more local possibilities, especially at Queensland State Government level. There is a two part video…
One of the several reasons I was pleased to sign up recently to represent social media release platform Pitch Engine’s interests in Australia and New Zealand was that I both respect and like the Founder and CEO, Jason Kintzler. Jason’s not only smart enough to have taken the concept of a social media release –…
Having been in a former life trained as an historian, I get a special enjoyment out of hearing very tech-savvy people explain technologies within an historical context. And preferably a context which recognizes that there were events of importance happening before the Internet arrived! One such explanation, which starts not from sixty years ago but…
XeeSM, which is so new it is not even in public beta yet, is a tool for managing social relationships. By providing a simple web address (URL) XeeSM gives you a way to provide one link from which people can instantly check out your various online presences, from your website to your LinkedIn, Twitter and…
On Monday last I spoke in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, at a Government 2.0 workshop. My subject was “Why parliamentarians and public sector managers need to participate actively in social media”. I used some slides to illustrate particular points: Gov20canberra0609 View more documents from Des Walsh. The video of the presentation is here: Public Sphere:…