Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in in Canberra, where Pia Waugh and myself just talked on “Designing for Dialogue”. My notes are in “Designing for Dialogue: How do we design buildings and on-line systems for people to talk, learn and make decisions together”. I argued that the same buildings discussion and on-line systems used forRead… Read more »
Greetings from BarCamp Canberra 2011 in the new Commerce building at the Australian National University in Canberra. There are about two hundred delegates for the free event, but there is room for a few more, so come along.The first session for the day is about how to give a presentation by Donna Spencer (@maadonna) .Read… Read more »
How many of our messages are sent out in a bottle? We write our message stick it in a container and throw it out onto the sea of the internet. At some point the bottle knocks up against some foriegn shore, gets picked up and someone reads the message. What happens if it landed onRead… Read more »
APTA asked Congress to extend the 2015 deadline for implementing positive train control because of funding and technical challenges. Original post
The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited, operator of Bangalore’s Namma Metro (India), is getting reading to test its new smart card. Original post
After losing more than $22 million to fare evasion last year, the Toronto Transit Commission (ON) is stepping up enforcement with its Fare is Fair plan. Original post
The long awaited budget cutting efficiencies promised by Secretary of Defense Gates were outlined in a decision memo signed on Monday, 14 March, 2011 and now making its way around the Pentagon much to the chagrin of many in the building. I did a quick pull of the specific hits in the public affairs andRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Manning Clarke Centre at ANU where Professor Ian Young, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor is discussing the preparation of a new strategic plan for ANU. The current plan is entitled “ANU by 2010”. It was decided not to revise this until the new VC arrived. He is outlining a process where staffRead… Read more »