Napa County rolls out real-time info
The Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency (CA) rolled out a system to allow VINE riders to track real-time bus arrival information. Original post
Miscellaneous
Political law links for Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011
MCCAIN MUGGED? Politico. ““What happened to [McCain] was, he — I think he feels he got mugged first by the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, who walked away from the public financing of the general election, and then by the press, who let Obama get away with it,” said [Trevor] Potter in an interview for POLITICO’sRead… Read more »
As Canada Searches for its Open Government Partnership Commitments: A Proposal
Just before its launch in New York on September 20th, the Canadian Government agreed to be a signatory of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Composed of over 40 countries the OGP signatories are required to create a list of commitments they promise to implement. Because Canada signed on just before the deadline it has notRead… Read more »
Full Life-Cycle Learning
Learning is Doing. It’s not just cracking the books, it’s making something new. Making new makes learning stick. Research and study are tools to get to the doing part. Learning conductors do a better job when they conduct from concept to completion. Shipping provides lessons that are not to be missed, that retroactively change understandingRead… Read more »
Aphorism 59
It’s not iterative if you only do it once. Paul Hammond Original post
Strategic Alignment: Getting your people going in the same direction
One of the hardest roles anyone has in a corporation today is that of leadership. Like Peter Drucker and Henry Mintzberg, I separate leadership from management. Leadership suggests strategy and change, while management focuses on operational excellence –doing what others are doing , may be a little better—think best practices. What brought upon the insightsRead… Read more »
Pulse+Signal Q&A: 1st Annual Food Day
Today celebrates the first annual national Food Day. I caught up with Lilia Smelkova to get the full scoop… What is Food Day? Food Day is a national grassroots campaign for healthy, affordable food produced in humane, sustainable and just way. Food Day is modeled after Earth Day, and will take place anually on OctoberRead… Read more »
Why computer voices are mostly female
Ever wonder why computer voices — from voicemail to GPS — are mostly female? The answer seems to be a combination of biology and culture. Original post
Electronic billboards legalized for Big Blue Bus
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (CA) is now free to install digital billboards outside its buses thanks to a new law signed by the governor this month. Original post
Usable by Default – The Next Chapter
We are launching the next phase of our competition for designers and developers to design or develop visual or software/web/mobile prototypes and take part in an event where they can work on this with others. You can see more details on the competition site itself. As you can see below there are prizes to beRead… Read more »