Gone are the days of people sitting passively in front of their TVs. Today, people are interacting with what they are watching, using the devices in their pockets. According to a Yahoo/Nielsen survey 86% of mobile Internet users (and 92% of 13-24s) are using their mobile devices simultaneously with TV. A quarter of them sayRead… Read more »
Last week the embassy of Israel in Paris, France, hosted an international workshop on the digital diplomacy. It was first such experience for us in the Israeli embassy, but what I learnt from our guests during the workshop was that it was also the case for many of them. While diplomats discuss this topic withRead… Read more »
The City of Reno Nevada (population 220,000) has created an Open Government Team, which on their web site is described below as: Open Government Team We are currently forming an internal Open Government Team led by our Web Services Manager. Team members will come from all departments and all levels, with the intention of supportingRead… Read more »
Ever wonder how Citizens Juries are different from Deliberative Polling? When you should use World Cafe, Open Space, or Charrettes? Or perhaps you have a good handle on dialogue and deliberation processes, but you need to introduce these options to a planning board or public official without overwhelming them too much? Well, if you’re notRead… Read more »
The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website – a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an article about it on ZDNet I discovered that the APH had, in the process, decided to block an entire top-level domain (.info) from view by the Parliament and the thousands of people working atRead… Read more »
Dear All, Please note that the research in progress (RIP) lunch (initially scheduled for tomorrow) has now been rescheduled to 22nd February. Apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you! ** Dear All, Please join us at 12pm for the Research in Progress (RIP) Lunchtime discussion on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012! Presentation topic: “Translating from DrawingRead… Read more »
Dear All, Please note that the research in progress (RIP) lunch (initially scheduled for tomorrow) has now been rescheduled to 22nd February. Apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you! ** Dear All, Please join us at 12pm for the Research in Progress (RIP) Lunchtime discussion on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012! Presentation topic: “Translating from DrawingRead… Read more »
Advanced Persistent Threats have been around for some years, and they are not going away The term Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is often regarded somewhat suspiciously by security professionals, seeing as it how it can be a buzzword that obscures actual analysis of the dynamics of cyber attacks or a diplomatic fiction because it’s notRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — If you were living in a cave during the last quarter of 2011, you may have missed out on hearing about Pinterest – the hottest new social platform to hit the tech scene in some time. Judged by leading tech blog TechCrunch as the best new startup of 2011, PinterestRead… Read more »
The office of the New York City Comptroller has a great web site that provides a comprehensive look, updated daily, at nearly every check issued by the city. The current Comptroller web site is being updated to provide detailed information about the contracts related to each individual payment, city vendors and the contracts they’re workingRead… Read more »