Will Twitter help candidates win elections? The jury is still out, but some candidates get how to use it, and some don’t. Check out this interview I did with Wyeth Ruthven who analyized the use of Twitter in the recent Senate race in Mass, as well as last fall’s governors races in Virginia and NewRead… Read more »
There is a lot of discussion about the need for governments to become more open, more transparent, sharing data with citizens. 311 services, anything considered non-critical services, are getting a lot of publicity now with Washington DC and San Francisco making big public splashes around their open 311 efforts. Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, said thisRead… Read more »
New How-To – How to shoot video quickly, cheaply, and professionally. A quick video with David Patterson of the Merritt Group on how they shoot video blog posts. Favorite
I shot a number of quick videos when I was out in Microsoft HQ last week. Here they are..hope you enjoy. Ressler vs Drapeau as we are about to enter the stage. Microsoft’s Kristin Bockius talking why she loves GovLoop. Talking with expert videographer David Patterson on how to quickly shoot video these days Favorite
If you need to know how to install a Goole Wave gadget extention, click here. 1. Wave with Twitter–Add [email protected] to your contact list and follow the instructions you’ll receive inside the wavelet. It uses Twitter’s oAuth mechanism to log you in. The wave with the Tweety is updated in a real time. 2. Invity-ARead… Read more »
Something to think about, even if you don’t have the answer….. How does mass originate? Does nonbaryonic dark matter exist, and if so, in what form? Why are we in a matter universe? What is the ultimate fate of our universe? What is the structure of quantum gravity? Are quarks and leptons truly elementary, orRead… Read more »
The Department of Defense has implemented an encompassing “Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-based Capabilities Policy” last week to get everyone under their large umbrella on the same “social networking” use page (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Pentagon-Loosens-Reins-Over-Use-of-Facebook-Twitter-Web-20-Apps-448094/). As one could imagine the DoD was going to have to do something sooner than later to get the different organizations underRead… Read more »
Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, describes the inefficient use of technology of federal government at a recent speech. Inefficiencies such as forms that are entered online, printed out, passed around in manila folders, and then rekeyed into another computer system. This is nothing new and federal employees are quite aware of these inefficiencies. So, why don’tRead… Read more »
Originally posted on BetterBlog, this official blog of the Better Buy Project. Let me first apologize to Andy Krzmarzick, as I have been promising a post on performance-based contracting and how it relates to the Better Buy Project and the Acquisition 2.0 initiative. I actually started that post, but put in on hold a bitRead… Read more »
Apps for the Army launches, the DoD opens the door to social media, DNI develops a Wiki, and DHS calls for challengers in a cyber contest, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup. –This week saw the launch of Apps for the Army, a competition based on the Apps for Democracy model.Read… Read more »