by Jamie Querubin, San Francisco Fellow 2012 This post was written in conjunction with Blog Action Day 2011. This year’s theme is food. There is more to food than what just reaches the senses. What you see on your plate encapsulates the very place and moment in which a meal is consumed. It creates aRead… Read more »
This year’s Blog Action Day post comes from guest author, Marilyn Maciel – she lives in Davis, California where she has witnessed firsthand the benefits of school gardens, a garden-based curriculum and a visiting chefs program. You can reach her at Twitter at @MarilynM Recently I read a story about a Kenya Red Cross volunteerRead… Read more »
The Phone Tips & Tricks series is supported by the Sprint Federal Employee Discount Program. To find awesome discounts visit the Sprint Federal Employee Discount resource center today. Is your phone green? No, not the color. Is it eco-friendly? It’s easy for folks to help keep our planet green when they purchase a new phone.Read… Read more »
Guest post by Mike Clayton Why Every Project Manager needs to Understand Risk Project management is a discipline born from necessity. If projects were not so challenging, we wouldn’t need a separate toolkit and processes. But we do need them, because when we try to create change under constraints like schedule, performance and budget, weRead… Read more »
TransLink (BC) officials announced plans to install fiber-optic cables on SkyTrain’s Expo line, replacing its 25-year-old cable network. ”The fiber-optic cables are the backbone of SkyTrain operations,” said Fred Cummings, president of British Columbia Rapid Transit Company, which operates two of the three SkyTrain lines, in a statement. “They run the communications among staff, operateRead… Read more »
Transit and walking directions provider HopStop has started offering free geo-targeted ads to small businesses in New York City on a trial basis, with a goal of rolling out the program across the U.S. Here’s how the program works: Business owners sign up for a 30-day free trial online and create their advertisement. For theRead… Read more »
Another discussion from the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011 featured Bob Gourley and HP’s Andrzej Kawalec, CTO of Enterprise Security, discussing the evolving enterprise threat environment and how it can be mitigated. Bob and Andrzej agreed on three major emerging challenges in enterprise cybersecurity. The first is simply the nature ofRead… Read more »
Code for America brings together innovative cities from around the country with passionate technologists eager to make a difference, and pairs them up for a year-long fellowship program. Both are selected through a competitive process; for 2012, over 20 cities and over 550 fellows applied. We are honored to have had such an amazing responseRead… Read more »
I recently had the opportunity to head out to San Francisco to attend the Health 2.0 conference – I was pretty jazzed since this would be my third time out there since first attending as a volunteer in 2008. I think as the Health 2.0 field has matured over the past few years, there haveRead… Read more »
I’m in San Francisco to co-chair the Code for America Summit this week, so lots going on, and some deep blog posts in the works. But first. Fun! Here are some of my favourite quotes I stumbled upon or heard in the last 24 hours. “The 4-Hour Body” reads as if The New England JournalRead… Read more »