Military and Social Media: Paranoia or Schizophrenia?
After some initial rumors last week that the U.S. Department of Defense planned to ban the use of social media like Facebook and Twitter from its networks, it appears that the U.S. Marine Corps has...
View ArticleGovernment, Social Networks and Security Risks
Twitter’s outage last week, allegedly due to a Denial of Service attack that affected also other sites (including Facebook), raised very valid questions about whether government agencies using these...
View ArticleFacebook and Twitter as Public Goods: An Intriguing Idea
I just read a fascinating post by Ethan Zuckerman about the sustainability of social networks. He looks at a number of Internet ventures, at fee-based models, at advertisement-based models. He observes...
View ArticleRelevance and not Security is the Number One Risk for Government on Social Media
Today I read an interesting article about how few friends or followers government organizations have on social media. The article mentions a county government had 418 followers on Twitter and 159 on...
View ArticleHow social media is changing my life
This is my 500th post, and a good occasion to write something different. As I do cover government 2.0 and social media, I feel it is fair to share with people a few personal experiences that, I hope,...
View ArticleCould Facebook or Twitter Have No Business Value for Government?
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with a couple of clients from a US federal agency. The topic was how to make the best possible use of Facebook and Twitter to better serve and interact with...
View ArticleTo Tweet or Not To Tweet? This is the Problem
An interesting news that I saw today concerns the deputy speaker of the Lower House in the UK, Lindsay Hoyle, who ruled that MPs are not allowed to tweet during sessions, after a complaint by the...
View ArticleSocial Media is A Nuisance for Government, After All
Political leaders, senior government executives, consultants praise the virtues of social media as a new means to engage or re-engage citizens, to become more effective and efficient, to attract...
View ArticleTorturing the Data Long Enough Will Make It Confess Anything
Last week Reuters, Financial Times and the Huffington Post referenced a rather sensationalistic outcome published by an Italian entrepreneur and contract university professor who is well known in...
View ArticleQuestionable Research Turns Into Drama, But Exposes a Real Issue
A while ago I wrote about a research by Italian entrepreneur and contract university professor Marco Camisano Calzlari claiming that a substantial percentage of Twitter followers for some large...
View ArticleTwitter Guidelines for British Government: Where Are Employees?
On July 21st, with a post on the Digital Engagement blog, Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the UK government, shared a...
View ArticleMilitary and Social Media: Paranoia or Schizophrenia?
After some initial rumors last week that the U.S. Department of Defense planned to ban the use of social media like Facebook and Twitter from its networks, it appears that the U.S. Marine Corps has...
View ArticleGovernment, Social Networks and Security Risks
Twitter’s outage last week, allegedly due to a Denial of Service attack that affected also other sites (including Facebook), raised very valid questions about whether government agencies using these...
View ArticleFacebook and Twitter as Public Goods: An Intriguing Idea
I just read a fascinating post by Ethan Zuckerman about the sustainability of social networks. He looks at a number of Internet ventures, at fee-based models, at advertisement-based models. He observes...
View ArticleRelevance and not Security is the Number One Risk for Government on Social Media
Today I read an interesting article about how few friends or followers government organizations have on social media. The article mentions a county government had 418 followers on Twitter and 159 on...
View ArticleHow social media is changing my life
This is my 500th post, and a good occasion to write something different. As I do cover government 2.0 and social media, I feel it is fair to share with people a few personal experiences that, I hope,...
View ArticleCould Facebook or Twitter Have No Business Value for Government?
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with a couple of clients from a US federal agency. The topic was how to make the best possible use of Facebook and Twitter to better serve and interact with...
View ArticleTo Tweet or Not To Tweet? This is the Problem
An interesting news that I saw today concerns the deputy speaker of the Lower House in the UK, Lindsay Hoyle, who ruled that MPs are not allowed to tweet during sessions, after a complaint by the...
View ArticleSocial Media is A Nuisance for Government, After All
Political leaders, senior government executives, consultants praise the virtues of social media as a new means to engage or re-engage citizens, to become more effective and efficient, to attract...
View ArticleTorturing the Data Long Enough Will Make It Confess Anything
Last week Reuters, Financial Times and the Huffington Post referenced a rather sensationalistic outcome published by an Italian entrepreneur and contract university professor who is well known in...
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