Girls are the Answer I often start my speeches, in every corner of the globe, with a video from The Girl Effect. My wife and two daughters know exactly why I care so much about the topic. And my daughter, now 13, has given me the best gift I could have asked for. She hasRead… Read more »
The word for this post is iteration. We’ll loop around to it by the end. So while this may look like a post about mountain bikes, it’s actually not. Outside of work, I spend quite a lot of time on the back of a bike. Sometimes, depending on the trail I’m trying to ride, IRead… Read more »
I’ve been blogging about my ideas on the various White House Innovation Projects (see blogs on Project MyGov & RFP-EZ) and they’ve gotten good responses. So on to Project Open Data Initiatives Stimulating a rising tide of innovation and entrepreneurship that utilizes government data to create tools that help Americans in numerous ways – e.g.,Read… Read more »
Stocks had a big post-holiday week with the help of some encouraging words out of Europe on Thursday, and a “weak” unemployment report on Friday? Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of September 4 through September 7, plus the up to date annual returns. The S&P 500 broke out to new 2012Read… Read more »
I’d appreciate your views on the most important tech blogs, the ones you find are of critical importance to keeping you informed on emerging technologies relevant to your decision-making. I have a list of my favorites embedded below. These are the blogs at the forefront of topics like Big Data, Cloud Computing, BYOD, Mobile Security,Read… Read more »
You dear readers are some of the most informed technologists on the planent. I think few things surprise you about Big Data. But many of us studying this concept are in a continual search for ways to explain key issues to non technologists, and that can be hard to do at times. Masters at expressionRead… Read more »
The Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency recently released their strategic plan for the next 5 years. DISA is a Combat Support Agency that “provides, operates, and assures command and control, information sharing capabilities, and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support to joint Warfighters, National level leaders, and other mission andRead… Read more »
About Salesforce.com: Founded in 1999, salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that is leading customers in their transformation to become social enterprises . Social enterprises are able to connect with customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways. Based on salesforce.com’s real-time, multitenant architecture, the company’s platform and application services give customers the toolsRead… Read more »
Eating healthy isn’t always easy, as there are many things that tempt us every day – the candy bowl at the front desk, leftover pastries from a morning event, after-work happy hours. The key is to achieve balance by consuming the things that are not so great for one’s health in moderation. Sure, you canRead… Read more »
Brigade Captain Andrew Jawitz discusses the origins and momentum behind Code for Maine, the value in organizing regionally, and just why every civic hacker should care about transit data. What’s the origin story of Code for Maine? Code for Maine grew out of a number of simultaneous initiatives that needed a catalyst to spark realRead… Read more »