Share. Act. Do. Welcome to Daily Reading and inspired articles stored in my back pocket for February 2nd

• Snowfalls in Britain Forcing Many to Work from Home – For my line of work it raised problems of remote server access (online backup service), checking certain email accounts efficiently when remote (google apps on a domain), mobile broadband USB dongles, and the use of other social apps such as social bookmarking, and IM. An interesting week.
• UK’s Directgov Giving Change.gov A Run For Its Money – Positive angle for citizen-engaged government from the UK. will the British public engage with participatory government? Can this rival the US based Change.gov for generated hype?

  While the UK observes all this from a distance, the presentation and dour-ness of government by the media is utterly different to that of the US (Obama), Australia (Rudd) or France (Sarkoszy) among others.

  If political leaders don’t inspire change, the public will take far longer to generate a snowball effect to drive change. I have my fingers crossed for a change in the mood of the British Isles so look out for my first post on Directgov shortly.

• Why Your Community-Building and Social Media Efforts Aren’t Working… – Creating a community around a love for paperclips?

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