Take a look at a new site from USAID. The new campaign by USAID, FWD, is an effort to raise broader awareness to the conditions in the Horn of Africa. FWD stands for Famine, War, Drought, all of which are devastating the Horn of Africa. The website does a great job of easily showing theRead… Read more »
Let‘s face it: the social media that many enterprises hail also pose big problems. Employee use of the Internet–particularly social networks–is a big timewaster. A new Nielsen study found that Americans spend 23% of their online time on social networks, with an increasing amount of that browsing time spend spent on mobile apps. Like theRead… Read more »
Ray LaHood isn’t the only one who’s On the Go anymore. This week the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) launched its On the Go! Travel Station at the first of five locations. The interactive touch-screen display allows customers to plan their trip, get real-time service alerts (including elevator and escalator status), check out a neighborhood map.Read… Read more »
Social media is now a common means of communicating, doing business and supporting career search and development. But as with everything there is a huge divide between those who adopted technology early and most of the rest of us. I was reminded on a recent family visit that there is still healthy skepticism, suspicion andRead… Read more »
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar famously observed that most people can only maintain relationships at one time with 150 people. The average on Facebook is 120-230. And of that, only a fraction really matter to us. Penetrating a small circle is usually very difficult, especially if they are members of a network based around a tie thatRead… Read more »
Our next edition of the Esri Video Series is an interview with David Luhan and Doug Genzer. David is the GeoSpatial Applications Director and Doug is the Sennior GIS Analyst for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Video Notes: David Luhan and Doug Genzer discuss the origin of Denver GIS, the recent goals andRead… Read more »
October is right around the corner, bringing with it cooler weather, autumn leaves (at least here in New England!) and Health Literacy Month. Fifteen years ago, Health Literacy was a topic still under the radar. Today, we have conferences and courses, a growing body of literature and professional roles dedicated to the subject. Much ofRead… Read more »
With increased budget pressures and constraints on our schedules with expanding workloads, finding time to attend a face-to-face event is difficult. Not that there are many face-to-face events anymore: studies show that 60% of US marketers are planning to increase their spend on virtual events while 42% plan to decrease their spend around physical eventsRead… Read more »
Photo Credit smartdatacollective.com On Monday, September 12, 2011, Crucial Point‘s own Bob Gourley met with cyber security industry leaders at the National Harbor Gaylord Convention Center near Washington D.C. The event was coincident with the HP Protect 2011 conference for Cyber security and enterprise software. The full interview will air soon through HP, but weRead… Read more »
This year’s International Public Works Conference & Exposition is being held in Denver, Colorado. The event opened yesterday morning with a welcome by the outgoing president, George Crombie, and a transfer of leadership to the new president, Diane M. Linderman. First General Session – Michael Hayden The first general session followed with keynote speaker, MichaelRead… Read more »