New media changes the VA, Why Stepping up Matters, and How to have a Happy Conflict by GovLoop Insights The start of our second week… thanks for being here. And there was some significant news on Friday — a new nominee to be the Obama administration’s chief technology officer — Todd Park. Park has beenRead… Read more »
Lots of agencies are starting to think about creating a “bring your own device” strategy. I generally love the BYOD concept and I think it can save a lot in terms of time/cost & increase employee happiness However, there are some considerations to think about: 1) Minimum standard – When you purchase equipment for yourRead… Read more »
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this weeks book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy. Why I bought it As someone who publishes somethingRead… Read more »
Recently I met another civil engineer who works for a county in the State of Washington. He contacted me through the virtual world of Second Life where he is known as Jered Spitteler. Jered works for a county in the state of Washington and has been building a model in Second Life of one ofRead… Read more »
Makers is a future business fantasy by Cory Doctorow with the view of a society where traditional business structure has broken down and the economy is in the tank. Sound familiar – like what you read in today’s newspaper? Instead of relying on organizations to provide jobs, plan what to do and produce, and signRead… Read more »
3/10/12 Stocks experienced a long overdue pullback last week, but after two days of selling, the buyers stepped up and the S&P 500 flirted with new highs again. For the TSP, the C-fund was up 0.14% last week, the S-fund gained 1.04%, the I-fund lost 1.00% as strength in the dollar put pressure on theRead… Read more »
Dell and the American Red Cross are launching a new digital operations center – the first social media based operation devoted to humanitarian relief. The Red Cross is also recruiting digital volunteers to help respond to questions and provide information to the public about disasters as they happen. The center is modeled after Dell’s SocialRead… Read more »
This week, we read Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus Why I assigned this book There are a few different kinds of value that government agencies can wring from social media. The first is simply to use it as a venue for engaging citizens. Another is to listen to citizens as they talk to one another. StillRead… Read more »
As we welcome spring we also face the horror of a terrible tornado season. As you know, earlier this year, tornadoes swept through most of the southern states reeking havoc on many American lives. Nowadays, with the wide use of smartphones, people far from the disaster can follow how everything unfolded through eyewitness reporting. AtRead… Read more »
Thanks to Twitter, conferences are more social and open. A few years ago, if your audience is looking down at their mobile device, it probably meant that you lost them and they were checking email. These days, audience members clacking on their devices might mean they’re tweeting something meaningful that you said. Tweets from theRead… Read more »