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29 September 2009

The twain shall meet

If government is the most interesting new tech startup of 2009 give some credit – especially in local government – to web workers within the institutions themselves. They have mostly been acting on their own initiative (and against the stereotype of the risk averse public servant). They are usually anonymous, but are driving change from below.

Of course the digital activists working outside of government have been crucial. MySociety are the classic example but I’m also thinking of Nick Booth and social media surgeries, Shane McCracken and the CivicSurf project and Will Perrin’s Talk About Local.

Now look what’s happening in England’s second city…

Continued...

— b3rn   councils, uninstitutions, web teams   Sep 29, 06:23 AM   #   Comment [2]