New Media Awards 2008

Weblog Archive - June 2008

How to be a carbon vigilante

Chris Adams writes on carbon trading schemes and buying one's way back into heaven.

Most of us are aware of carbon offsets now - to some they’re a godsend, to others they’re little more than a the 21st century equivalent to indulgences from the Catholic Church of the middle ages - if you had enough money, you could make up for your ... read more

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The Hansard digitisation project

A handful of web developers are making 200 years' worth of parliamentary sessions available online and changing the way we think of government IT in the process.

There may yet be hope for government projects, if Hansard 1804 - 2004 is anything to go by.

It's hard to read the phrase 'government IT projects' in the news without them usually being followed by words like 'over-budget', 'delays' or 'expensive consultants'. But look hard enough, and every now and then you see something really interesting being done with comparatively tiny resources. The Hansard digitisation project is one ... read more

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The bustle of participation

There are disturbing parallels between the world Samuel Johnson describes and our use of the new generation of social tools

I’ve been up for an hour. In that time I’ve updated my Facebook status and dismissed various invitations to become a Zombie or share virtual fish or garden plants, sent a few Tweets, looked through the various blog postings that Bloglines has picked up from the RSS feeds I subscribe to, added new services to Friendfeed and replied to a dozen emails.

I’ve been far too busy to do any ... read more

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