How comfortable do you feel without a Cell phone? A G.P.S. ? An iPhone/Droid multi function device ? Would you take a trip out of state without a cell phone or G.P.S. ? Some people do. No cell phone and just a AAA map. What if, god forbid, Google went down for two days ?Read… Read more »
Sitting here at NAPA headquarters in the same room as OPM Director John Berry and many other influential people in government as well as education. Stay tuned for notes in an ongoing basis: Panel Discussion 1- Holding the Pathways Programs Accountable for the Future Leadership and Human Capital Needs of the Federal Gov “Pathways toRead… Read more »
Have you ever forgotten to take the garbage or recycling out? Wouldn’t it be nice if someone sent you a reminder the night before, or the morning of? Maybe an email, or an SMS, or even a phone call? Now you can set it up so somebody does. Us. Introducing Recollect: the garbage and recyclingRead… Read more »
This is the last commentary on the Small Project Management Guide. Thank you all for reading the guide and providing your comments. I firmly believe that good project management will be one of the keys to successfully bringing about Gov 2.0 and Open Gov and I hope I have convinced you to learn more aboutRead… Read more »
Transportation professionals, government officials, app developers, and open data fans gathered in New York City for Transportation Camp East. Original post
The drafting of a new Massachusetts bill concerning net neutrality will be crowdsourced on the LexPop.org Website, according to a March 6, 2011 post on the LexPop blog, entitled “Co-Creation of Laws: It Starts Now”. According to the post, Massachusetts State Representative Tom Sannicandro has agreed to introduce the bill once it has been drafted.Read… Read more »
My thanks to Steve Dorfman, President of Driven-to-Excel, Inc. for an excellent interview on the subject of Social Media Tips for Professionals. For further insights from Steve on this topic, please see his slide deck which was presented at the Maryland Leadership Breakfast last May (see also my prior blog post) Any feedback on thisRead… Read more »
I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. Many years ago, my good friend Phyllis Preston (currently at the Federal Aviation Administration) introduced me to her father, Ed Preston. I knew Ed had worked for the federal government for many years; so as I shook his hand, I asked, “Ed…where did you work?” HeRead… Read more »
The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau My rating: 3 of 5 stars Perhaps because I’m an avid reader of Chris Guillebeau’s blog, I didn’t get as much out of this book as I thought I would. It’s still a good book,Read… Read more »
The Inclusive Design Institute at OCAD University have released version 1.2 of AChecker, a free open source program checking the accessibility and code compliance for web sites. The Public AChecker is a web based service for checking single pages, there is also a Download AChecker which can be installed to check pages in bulk.By defaultRead… Read more »