• Written by Simon Parry

Social networking has been a major part of the rise of ‘Web 2.0’, a phrase coined to represent the move towards greater information sharing and…

• Written by Simon Parry

Union Learning Reps (ULR) play an increasingly important role in the workplace, and a new tool has been launched to help them – the web based…

• Written by Simon Parry

The NUT used to communicate with lay officers across England and Wales via post and phone. The Union saw how this could be improved by utilising…

• Written by Simon Parry

Increasingly, people are spending more time on their phone checking email than they do making calls. Mobile devices are one of the fastest moving…

• Written by Simon Parry

The web is huge, and it’s growing all the time. There’s a lot of useful information out there, as well as a lot of junk. But how can you find what…

• Written by Simon Parry

The increasing importance of the media has been a feature of recent general elections. This next election is no exception, but one thing that has…

• Written by Simon Parry

In January, the government launched a new website aimed at making government information more accessible across the web. Inspired by a similar US…

• Written by Simon Parry

When unions first started using the web, documents such as magazines, newsletters and circulars were loaded onto union websites, usually on an ad hoc…

• Written by Simon Parry

This week Union Island closed down. If you’re wondering what Union Island was, it existed in the online virtual world called Second Life.