A few updates and learnings

This last month of October has been quite eventful for me in terms of work and travel. Some of the organizations I was privileged to work with on various elements of strategic digital engagement include:

• Treasury Board
• City of Hamilton
• Canada Health Infoway
• Baycrest
• Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
• Government of Manitoba
• Government of Alberta
• Government of Saskatchewan

A few things I learned last month:

• Mobile is finally creeping onto the radars of senior management. I know it may not seem like it to most public servants, however there are plenty of initiatives currently underway that should be launching over the course of the next year. To date, the largest list of mobile initiatives I have managed to collaboratively compile within the Canadian Government can be found on www.mobilegovernment.ca

Nationality of the Internet

Take a look at the image below I found in the September 4th-10th edition of the Economist (p.g. 75). This is a visual representation of the “nationality” of traffic on the internet, created by California’s Co-operative Association for Internet Data Analysis. America is in pink, Italy in pale blue, Sweden in green and unknown countries in white. According to this visualization, it seems as though at least half of all traffic is still American (or at least with an American IP).

2009 Social Media User Segments

A while back I read the book “Groundswell” by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff from Forrester Research. I was very impressed at the time, with what seemed to be the most comprehensive analysis of social media user segments available, explained very nicely in a book. I have since used many of their graphs and diagrams in my presentations, however I always wished that there was a better way to use their research. Naturally, this goldmine of data was bound to evolve into something more interactive, customizable and useful for people actually trying to apply it. Enter the Consumer Profile Tool (below), now with 2009 data, including Canadian statistics!