New app allows instant carpooling
Shout, a new iPhone application from Avego, allows users to arrange carpools with anyone in their list of contacts. Original post
Yearly Archives: 2011
October wrap-up for health care and social services
Deltek Analyst Kate Tussey reports. October saw a flurry of health insurance exchange (HIX) activity among the states. West Virginia’s Offices of the Insurance Commissioner released a request for information (RFI) for HIX information technology on October 21. Responses are due by 2 p.m. EST on November 30. A $9.6 million grant awarded in JuneRead… Read more »
Clipper card employee makes email mistake
It’s a common email mistake, but rarely at this scale. A Clipper Card worker emailed more than 1,700 cardholders but forgot to use the BCC field. Original post
No quiet cars for subway riders
Tired of listening to another person’s music on a CTA train car, a Chicago Tribune reporter asked the question: “What is that guy thinking?” Original post
Open 311 for the lost generation?
We often talk about how we can empower digital entrepreneurs/developers/geeks, etc to develop the new apps to support our communities or transform our services, but like any change in culture of how we interact between councils and local people with skills, it can take time…even a generation. We have @hubmum‘s excellent “Coding for Kids” initiative,Read… Read more »
Don’t Insist on a Decision
All, During my morning Harvard “Management Tip Of The Day” feed read, I ran across an article that speaks to managerial on-the-spot decision making. The article is printed, in its entirety below and attached as well. It’s pretty self explanatory. ———————————————– Conventional wisdom holds that a flawed decision is better than no decision. After all,Read… Read more »
Myths and realities of cloud security
Whenever the topic of cloud computing comes up, cloud security isn’t far behind. Survey after survey has shown it to be a top CIO concern, but how much of that concern is legitimate? CTOvision’s Bob Gourley and Tom Reilly, Vice President and General Manger of Enterprise Security at HP separated myth from reality on cloudRead… Read more »
John Lilly: Joining the board of Code for America
(Cross-posted from John’s blog) I’m super, super excited to announce that I’ve joined the board of directors of Code for America, an organization started by Jen Pahlka two years ago aimed at getting some of the smartest and most motivated techies & designers among us working on solving some of the core problems facing ourRead… Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 65
Day 65 I really wanted to title this blog post: Today I Discovered Why We Have no Transportation Funds! The other day, I wrote about the BRT and Randall Road – the major corridor that runs through many of the communities in our area. In that post, I also mentioned the Route 529 study –Read… Read more »
GMU StartUp Challenge
Tuesday November 8, George Mason University is hosting their annual StartUp Challenge. Seven Startups are scheduled to strut their stuff, so attendees will get an insight into the next crop of new technologies. I have been following Peter Corbett, going to Disruptathon and several DCTech meetings, and today’s startups are different from five years ago,Read… Read more »