What is the Knope of the Week? It is ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition and prizes that we are notRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The future is not what you think it is. In some ways, it’s like the past. “E-Mail: Not Dead, Evolving“ In others, it’s a break from the past. @CJoh, in Q&A: “RFPEZ ≠ FOB 2.0, SAM, FedBizOpps” Philadelphia’s Chief Data Officer is trying to “change the game on civic tech” Related: HowTo.gov asks:Read… Read more »
If you were about to build a house, would you start by putting out an RFP asking for bids on a three-bedroom house? Of course not. The bids would be all over the map. You’d have no idea what the house would look like once it’s built; and the chances of being happy with theRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Every year Mary Meeker does the tech and business community a great service by researching, analyzing and reporting on the State of the Internet. Her latest presentation is embedded below in slideshare format and is also available at this link. KPCB Internet Trends 2013 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers This isRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Home – Lincoln Matrix Richard Stallman: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs “My favorite programming language:” Google’s Go has some coders raving | Ars Technica David Wilcox » Ten pillars of wisdom: a manifesto for a better later life Passing the Public InterestRead… Read more »
On the back of the Guardian article today, I thought iId share this slightly longer explanation and summary around Create / Innovate. June is a month for breaking down barriers – First and foremost Create and Innovate is about thinking differently it will be about experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection. One of the reasonsRead… Read more »
The city of Atlanta has embraced technology and the data created from creative apps developed by citizens in a big way, as reported in an article at Creative Loafing Atlanta. Some examples of interesting things happening in Atlanta: Tires App– Tires dumped on the side of the road or in vacant lots is a neighborhhodRead… Read more »
One of my favorite sites to read is The Atlantic Cities, I always seem to find interesting stories and insights on innovative public sector programs. One story that caught my eye was “A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth.”(Go here to see the Timelapse Project, it’s absolutely fascinating.) In thisRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Apple announces new $229 16GB iPod touch: 4-inch Retina display, no rear-facing camera – Apple has announced their latest iPod Touch offering. The iPod touch was a huge seller at first, because it allowed people to get into iOS in aRead… Read more »
In the run-up to GovHack this weekend, Australian governments have been hard at work preparing new or updated open data sites, many using CKAN as their base technology. This includes the new Australian Government beta data.gov.au site, the new South Australian government’s data.sa.gov.au and the NSW government’s new data.nsw.gov.au/data/. We also have Queensland’s data.qld.gov.au, Victoria’sRead… Read more »