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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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Recent Posts
- ECI4all sytem: Replacement of OCS announced – but who are they?
- Disconnected Democracy: what Scotland's Community Councils aren't doing online
- The resistible rise of Facebook
- What are community councils doing online in Scotland
- Identity, local citizenship and a modest proposal
- Social media and The Lives of Others… Stasi Media?
- Open source, open data, open options?
- Risk & control issues around social media in local government
- Online citizen engagement in Scotland: The independence referendum
- Want a Smart City? Take the people out!
Recent Comments
Found along the way- 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
- How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica
- Gamasutra - News - Valve wants to see you sweat - in the name of game design
- ASCC Local Community Councils
- DMBOK2 Framework - DAMA International
- Design-Led Innovation in Government | Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Internet Census 2012
Tag Archives: internet
Beer and liberty
Looking back at some research into open source in Europe I did way back in 2006, I’m struck again by how important other aspects of ‘open’ and ‘free’ have become since then. Research carried out in the mid-decade had assumed … Continue reading
Knitting my social network apps together
A bit of navel gazing… I’ve been a fairly cautious user of social networking tools, but despite that, I have now accumulated WordPress (obviously), Twitter and Delicious accounts (as well as the Facebook account that I prefer to use for … Continue reading
Policy & Internet Journal – Call for Papers
A new(ish) journal: Policy and Internet – New journal calls for papers The Policy Studies Organization (PSO), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and Berkeley Electronic Press are proud to announce Policy and Internet: the first major peer-reviewed journal investigating the … Continue reading
Norfolk, strategic drivers and creating an online presence
Some background on activity at Norfolk County Council (one of the SmartCities partners, and also a EuroPetition cluster member). Gathered in advance of a visit… My Norfolk My Norfolk was the County’s bid for the £7m national Digital Challenge provided … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, egovernment, Techie, UK
Tagged communication, internet, standards, strategy
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Link: e-inclusion and communities
A couple of links to English organisations, which show how far the thinking there is going compared to much of the rest of Europe. UK Online’s research page is particularly useful, with report like: Does the internet improve lives? This … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, Europe, UK
Tagged community, england, inclusion, internet
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