Today I presented a talk on how government can provide a more engaging experience to citizens. This was not a product presentation but more looking at general themes of what provides an engaging experience. The content was a mix of slides and demonstrations and is listed below.

Videos;

Alan Webber
Government technology and market strategist, Forrester Research

Anthony Steve
Manager of business.gov.au, Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Customer successes – Kane County Circuit Court
Putting citizens first – County agency enhances services and streamlines collaboration across government offices.

Subset of demonstrations;

Obama Inaugeration Video
Searchable online video with synchronized transcript

Certified White House PDF
PDF document certified with a valid U SGovernment digital certificate to prove its authenticity.

Twhirl
An alternative way to view Twitter information rather than through a browser

SpreadTweet
Yet another Adobe AIR based Twitter client, but this one looks like a spreadsheet!

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Web09 conference in Auckland, New Zealand with Adobe’s Paul Burnett, Andrew Spaulding and Ryan Stewart. I took a few notes from some of the sessions. While this isn’t a complete run down of the conference, and does not include comments on every speaker, here are some of the remarks I picked up on.

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