Tech

Even the ‘smartest guys in the room’ are easily fooled…

I enojoyed reading this blog posting – all of the complicated, involved CDS transactions and setups were intended to reduce, or even remove, risk from loss on the underlying asset. Well, the smart guys who thought them up got caught using them on a bet against subprime performing and were schooled by others. Unfortunately, itRead… Read more »

CrisisCamp Washington, DC June 12-14 at The World Bank and The George Washington University’s Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet @ George Washington University

CrisisCamp Washington, DC crisiscamp.org is part of a global movement bringing together volunteers, academia, non-profits, companies and government officials to share best practices and lessons learned to advocate for further use of technology and telecommunications to assist citizens and communities during crisis. CrisisCamp DC will take place June 12, 2009 to June 14, 2009 atRead… Read more »

Heralding “Crisis Management 2.0” at CrisisCamp DC May Lead to Actual Crisis

According to ever accurate Wikipedia, Crisis Management is: “…the process by which an organization deals with any major unpredictable event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public. Three elements are common to most definitions of crisis: (a) a threat to the organization, (b) the element of surprise, and (c) aRead… Read more »

Twitter set to introduce “verified” accounts this summer…what a relief!… or is it?

This summer, Twitter is apparently planning to introduce “verified” accounts for celebrities, public officials, government agencies “and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation.” At first blush, this sounds like a good move: it will put many public affairs shops at ease and will level the playing field for agencies coming late to theRead… Read more »

You are invited to CrisisCamp Ignite Session at The World Bank on Friday, June 12, 2009!

You are invited to CrisisCamp crisiscamp.com Ignite Session at The World Bank! CrisisCamp Ignite Session will be held on Friday, June 12, 2009 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm. This event will be conducted as an Ignite session – 20 presentations, 5 minutes a piece. Wine and cheese will be provided by our hosts at the WorldRead… Read more »

Do You Know Your Agency’s Twitter Policy…?

Note: This post is of my own personal opinion and is not endorsed or supported by any local, state, or federal government agency. Better yet, do you even have one? Twitter is all you hear nowadays. Tweet me this, retweet me that! Government is getting more involved with Twitter and see what a powerful communicationsRead… Read more »

Archivists and Testers in the New World 2.0 Order

I’ve wondered why I am passionate about testing and record keeping. They are not two disciplines that seem to fit together. Lately, I’ve been reading and thinking and bouncing ideas off people I admire, and thinking some more. I’m not done thinking, but felt compelled to share the jelly. The discussion about identifying and capturingRead… Read more »

Sweet GovTweets 06.11.09

Good Morning! The most popular RT today was “Army orders bases to stop blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc.” It was RT’d about a billion times. (Statements without data are just opinions 😉 ) Caroline Vetmomof2: @brinex you should check out @govloop they had question about Amazon EC2? 9 minutes ago from web • Reply •Read… Read more »