Whine & Cheese

Since last week, I've been looking for blogs that 'spoke' a language I could understand. Though I've been following Jane Hart's Social Media in Learning blog and David Warlick's 2 cents Worth, I've felt like something was missing. So, after a quick Google search I did find a few blogs that focused on Social Media in Government. I found this blog, which although it had quite a few postings was quite old - the last posting was back in 2009! I often wonder how a blog feels when it has been abandoned by the author. I know what you're thinking, 'blogs don't have feelings..' or do they?

I digress, even though the blog Government Social Media was a bit outdated, the topic was certainly relevant. I found the posting on "Rules of Engagement for Twitter" very timely and informative. As I mentioned in last week's posting the agency I work for is in the process 'writing our rules' and Twitter is definitely a sticky situation for a fully federally funded program like ours.

Finally, I have found a blog I could relate to with all the frustration that often comes with working with the big G, and J. Nick Hoover, Senior Editor and blogger for Information Week is speaking my language.

I want government agencies to stop talking about all of the limitations that are keeping them [us] from using Web 2.0 tools and cut the cheese already. We've got work to do people!