I have cracked the problem of government IT. A few months ago, I argued that there is no such thing as the government. Now, in a further breakthrough, I have realised that there is no such thing as IT either. Putting those two thoughts together leads unavoidably to the conclusion that the problem of governmentRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI) at the Australian National Unviersity, where Hai Liang, Web Mining Lab, Department of Media & Communication, City University of Hong Kong s talking on “The structure of public expression and issue rise: Participation heterogeneity, concentration, and timing in internet forums”. He studied 3,000 posts toRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI) at the Australian National Unviersity, where Lingfei Wu, from the Web Mining Lab,City University of Hong Kong is talking on “How the Web1.0 fails: The mismatch between hyperlinks and user-flow”. He argues that rather than following the hyperlinks built into web sites, people follow otherRead… Read more »
ACS President Anthony Wong’s column in the Austrlaian newspaper today ends with the line: “ACS fellow and digital media expert Tom Worthington said usability was a key issue for using mobile commerce.” (from: “Online key to business success”, 3 May 2011). Usability can be improved with web standards and guidelines.My point was that mobile devicesRead… Read more »
I live in Canada and I have 2.5 hours left to vote. I really don’t want to go out in the rain (tho I will for yoga…) Last election, I was so mad when I went to vote with a friend and he told me he spoiled his ballot. Doubly gave him shit when heRead… Read more »
Welcome to one of my favorite weeks of the year: Public Service Recognition Week! While GovLoop connects, honors, and highlights the work of public servants like you every day, I love that there’s a designated week every year where we get to show you some mad love and appreciation (Thanks Partnership for Public Service forRead… Read more »
In a powerfully argued post at GovLoop back in January, Canadian open data advisor David Eaves offered a solution for saving millions in public health costs: create data standards around restaurant healthfulness inspection scores and incorporate them into consumer-oriented websites like Yelp and OpenTable. Last night on Gov 2.0 Radio, Allison Hornery of CivicTEC inRead… Read more »
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. The recent Amazon cloud outage at its Northern Virginia data center will raise concerns among CIO’s looking to the “public cloud” to improve IT service delivery and reduce day-to-day operating costs. Industry claims of superior “up-time” performance, reliability and massive redundancy must now be revisitedRead… Read more »
BREAKING NEWS: BIN LADEN KILLED IN RAID. Yahoo! TRUMP, PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, AND THE DECISION. The Post looks at Donald Trump’s personal financial disclosure obligations if he becomes a candidate. “He won’t officially declare his candidacy because the Ethics in Government Act requires those running for federal office to file disclosures of their personal finances.”Read… Read more »
Washington is working to phase out its use of coal for energy. Under the terms of a new law signed on Friday, the state will phase out both of its coal boilers – the first in 2020 and the second in 2025. Since 2009, the state has been working with TransAlta, the state’s coal boilerRead… Read more »