Apr

18

One more glass of Rioja, please

Filed Under Law sites, Law blogs, Blogging

(The continuing adventures of Mike Semple Piggot)
From before sparrow’s fart till late into the night Mike SP beavers away producing and publishing news, comment and analysis for our enjoyment and edification. He’s recently rearranged his furniture, and to help you keep up with his whereabouts, here’s a quick run-down.
Consilio
Nearly ten years ago, Norman Baird and […]

By Nick Holmes, 18 April 2008

Apr

17

No Facebook? No thanks!

Filed Under Social networking

News.com.au reports that, according to research conducted by Australian firm Deacons, almost half of those of the 700 “workers” it surveyed who use MySpace and Facebook during work hours say they would refuse a job where they were not allowed access to social networking sites.
The study found 62 per cent of respondents (that’s 434 by […]

By Nick Holmes, 17 April 2008

Apr

14

Consultations aggregator

Filed Under Public Sector Information

Just came across Tell Them What You Think, an extremely handy site which aggregates government consultations and enables you to:

search all current government consultations for words and phrases
browse all latest consultations by department
set up alerts via email or RSS to tell you when consultations of interest are published

There are several departments not supported because of […]

By Nick Holmes, 14 April 2008

Apr

11

Blogs vs wikis

Filed Under Wikis, Blogging

A chain of people in my orbit seem to agree that a simple test as to when to use a blog and when to use a wiki for collaboration is: one or two people providing content, use a blog; many people providing content, use a wiki (Mark Miller > Doug Cornelius > KnowledgeThoughts > James […]

By Nick Holmes, 11 April 2008

Apr

8

Taking the juice out of Google

Filed Under Search

When Google launched it’s Custom Search Engine service 18 months ago, I expected thousands of CSEs to pop up all over. That’s happened, but I’m not aware that any in the areas I monitor have made a mark. Why so?
In the UK legal arena I know of only a few CSEs:

I put together a number […]

By Nick Holmes, 8 April 2008