No quiet cars for subway riders
Tired of listening to another person’s music on a CTA train car, a Chicago Tribune reporter asked the question: “What is that guy thinking?” Original post
Miscellaneous
Open 311 for the lost generation?
We often talk about how we can empower digital entrepreneurs/developers/geeks, etc to develop the new apps to support our communities or transform our services, but like any change in culture of how we interact between councils and local people with skills, it can take time…even a generation. We have @hubmum‘s excellent “Coding for Kids” initiative,Read… Read more »
Business to Information Technology translation
Past week was rather busy as I relocated my office; another case of changing the tires while the car is moving. It did give me time to continue to ponder how to translate business into enterprise architecture and then I.T. designs. The idea I came up with was integrating various proven models and methods intoRead… Read more »
OpenGov @NASA – FICM – Nov 10 – 2 pm EST
Please join us for the full Federal Intranet Content Managers (FICM) GoToMeeting on Nov 10 at 11 am PST. Dave Hebert will be the MC and Allison Soussi-Tanani will be our coordinator. Two of our FICM Steering Committee members will kick off the meeting with talks on “personas”. Our highlighted speaker this month is NickRead… Read more »
What’s the Most Inopportune Time Your Internet Didn’t Work?
Face it, it has happen to us all…some internet connections are spotty and they doesn’t always work when we absolutely need them to! Tell us a story about when your internet connection went out and you REALLY needed it to work; What were you doing? What were the pressures? How did it make you feel?Read… Read more »
Wednesday’s political law links for Nov. 2nd
CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL UPDATE. USAT. “Four years after Congress imposed restrictions on travel funded by outside groups, federal lawmakers are frequent fliers again, taking 415 privately funded trips between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 — a nearly 75% jump in the number of trips they took during the same period in 2010, records show.” COMPLIANCE ISSUES.Read… Read more »
Ride On adds real-time info
Montgomery County’s Ride On (MD) is testing a system that lets riders track the location of their bus on an online map. Original post
Port of Kingston ferry joins ORCA system
In an effort to increase ridership, the Port of Kingston Soundrunner Ferry (WA) began accepting ORCA smart cards this week. Original post
Taking care of ourselves, other people and our world
We’ve invited James Togut from The Good Life For All to guest blog for us as the winner of the best idea for the “Help People Help Each Other” Challenge in our Competition (if you were thinking the competition is over, think again, we’ve now launched the second half which is for designers and developersRead… Read more »
DC/SLA Chapter and Military Libraries Group Event: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Floods – Who Knew? Disaster Planning & Information Facilities
As seen on the DC/SL listserv: Join the DC/SLA Chapter and Military Libraries Group for an interesting evening of expert information and advice on Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 Register now! The way things are going, you just never know when you will need your Disaster Plan. Members cost (includes DC/SLA, DCLA, LLSDC, ASIST) – $15;Read… Read more »