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Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Found along the way- The TREsPASS Project
- Producing Open Source Software
- Social Tools in the Workplace: a Microsoft survey « Learning in the Social Workplace
- 12 Papers on Social Media and Political Participation | DemocracySpot
- IS Theory
- Wiki VOIS Database - The SROI Network
- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
Category Archives: Daily Links
Disconnected Democracy: what Scotland's Community Councils aren't doing online
Reblogged from Idea15 Blog: This summer the Edinburgh-based researcher Peter Cruichshank, assisted by volunteer intern Bruce Ryan, carried out the first-ever study of online presence and engagement amongst Scotland’s 1370 Community Councils. Their work has now been completed and published … Continue reading
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Open source, open data, open options?
I’ve been looking at open source in government and e-participation in particular for a while now, and this seems a good time to try to get into shape my thoughts on some of the reasons why open source is still … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, opensource, thoughts, UK
Tagged egovernment, opendata, opengov, opensource, UK
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Want a Smart City? Take the people out!
Recent news: An international technology company plans to develop and operate a massive technology testing and evaluation centre in New Mexico. The state Economic Development Department announced Tuesday that Pegasus Global Holdings is conducting a study on the best New … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, USA
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Has e-petitioning been ‘useless’?
I think I’ll use my first blog post of 2011 (Happy New Year by the way) for a quick refresher on (e)petitioning. One of my favourite quotes on the subject of e-petitions is from a letter to the Telegraph of … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-democracy, e-participation, Europe, UK
Tagged e-democracy, e-participation, e-petitions, parliament, petitioning, petitions, politics, UK
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Communities conference at the Scottish Parliament, 2 October
On Saturday 2 October the Parliament will hold the second Communities Conference, at Holyrood here in Edinburgh. It will be aimed at local, community based, voluntary and charity sector organisations, social enterprises, and other civic groups. Its purpose is to … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Daily Links, politics, UK
Tagged community, edcm, scotland, social media
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