Category: Communication

  • Call to action to stop blocking

    Two years ago, my podcasting partner Shel Holtz started a campaign called Stop Blocking as a means of drawing attention to a practice by some organizations to prevent access by employees to wide swathes of content on websites, blogs and…

  • No engagement marks the digital battle lines

    So London’s Metropolitan Police is now on Twitter. Not for reasons you might think, though. No reaching out to engage with the public at large. Not to connect with Londoners to talk about issues of common interest that might be…

  • Is trust the privilege of youth?

    Kevin Dugan recounts an experience he had at his local coffee shop regarding his mobile phone number: […] my barista encouraged me to sign up for information on future promotions and events. She told me to write down my cell…

  • The electoral register and choices

    Each year at this time, local councils throughout the UK send out the Annual Canvass for the Electoral Register, a form that everyone over the voting age of 18 is required to complete in order to be listed in the…

  • Click, speak, publish: it’s that easy

    If you want to record audio and post your recording to the web, all without anything other than your iPhone or a web browser, it’s never been easier to do that than now. You’re spoiled for choice with a growing…