Comments on: Twitterplan & Planning Alerts http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200904/twitterplan-planning-alerts/ ranting and rambling to anyone willing to listen Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James Coltham http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200904/twitterplan-planning-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-50088 James Coltham Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:28 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=2487#comment-50088 I just received my first lot of Direct Messages from Planbot. A wonderfully simple service which hints at huge wider potential, and another good reason why local gov should be embracing these technologies, rather than (as is sometimes the case) shying away from them. I just received my first lot of Direct Messages from Planbot. A wonderfully simple service which hints at huge wider potential, and another good reason why local gov should be embracing these technologies, rather than (as is sometimes the case) shying away from them.

]]> By: Andy http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200904/twitterplan-planning-alerts/comment-page-1/#comment-50077 Andy Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:44:14 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=2487#comment-50077 I really like it. I left South Norfolk Council's web team in january, and in the seven years I was there the question 'how can i find out about planning applications near me?' was the one most often asked and the one we had the most trouble grappling with. This solution is neat, has no overhead for council staff, and makes use of a popular social network where more and more council customers are going. When people talk about whether local authorities should use Twitter (or other social apps), they tend to focus on how appropriate it is for councillors to tweet/bleat. This particular app demonstrates that councils can use Twitter and the like, and use it for something that's actually really useful. And having just been through the bank Holiday weekend, sending out bin collection updates via Twitter might be worth thinking about too... I really like it. I left South Norfolk Council’s web team in january, and in the seven years I was there the question ‘how can i find out about planning applications near me?’ was the one most often asked and the one we had the most trouble grappling with. This solution is neat, has no overhead for council staff, and makes use of a popular social network where more and more council customers are going.

When people talk about whether local authorities should use Twitter (or other social apps), they tend to focus on how appropriate it is for councillors to tweet/bleat. This particular app demonstrates that councils can use Twitter and the like, and use it for something that’s actually really useful. And having just been through the bank Holiday weekend, sending out bin collection updates via Twitter might be worth thinking about too…

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