INPUT Senior Analyst Jeff Webster recaps Monday’s Ohio APCO/NENA state conference. Earlier this week, the Ohio chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials (APCO) and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) held their annual joint conference, which brought together nearly 150 public safety communication officials throughout the Ohio region. As expected, the hot-buttonRead… Read more »
Here are a few things I learned about running audio on my first all-DSLR shoot. Run dual system audio and sync it in post. I am so glad we did this. Even my old Zoom H4 picked up amazingly clean audio. An XLR input beats a mini-jack any day of the week. PluralEyes is yourRead… Read more »
The Vermont Senate is working to advance broadband in the state with new legislation. The bill would fulfill a long standing goal of making broadband internet and cellular phone service available statewide and would begin looking at ways to upgrade the state’s electrical grid through smart grid technology. The state laid out these initiatives fourRead… Read more »
It is easy to say that the nation’s water resources are interconnected and that what happens upstream can have major consequences for downstream areas. But it is much harder to convey these points in a relevant way to a nation of city-dwellers. However, cartographer Daniel Huffman has found a new and refreshing way to showRead… Read more »
This Thursday, Fort Bragg is trying something new: live interaction with citizens via Facebook. Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Fayetteville Observer: Fort Bragg leaders will answer questions live Thursday on Facebook, the popular social-networking site that until 2009 was blocked on many military computer networks. “We’re hoping specifically to have interaction withRead… Read more »
Starting in June, riders on San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System (CA) will be able to receive real-time arrival info for bus and trolley via SMS. Original post
$200 MILLION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE GROUP. The Post. “The effort — spearheaded by a small group of longtime congressional and White House aides — represents Democrats’ response to the electoral drubbing of 2010, when a coterie of conservative and business groups did a far better job than their opponents of adapting to a new campaignRead… Read more »
As we approach the first (Beta) release of the Knowledge Hub (May 2011), a project that has consumed my very existence as lead consultant for these past 2 years, I thought I would share a presentation I put together for the Knowledge Hub Conference that was held in London on 1st March 2011 (yes, aRead… Read more »
Canadian National Railway and natural gas distributor Gaz Métro are teaming with Westport Innovations to develop a liquefied natural gas locomotive. Original post
So I’m still thinking about the MTA’s attempts to get a New York artist to license her paintings that discarded MetroCards, and I can see both sides. Original post