City of San Francisco has a great capacity building project called the “Neighborhood Empowerment Network.” They have a new podcast and today interviewed me about Open Data in San Francisco and around the world. Check it out here.
Have you registered for the next Web Manager University New Media Talk? This event is interesting to me personally because – I hate data. I mean – I actually love using data to make decisions, prove theories, and discover patterns. What I don’t like is inputting data into tables, creating graphs, and making it usable,Read… Read more »
Stephen Schultze and Harlan Yu, both of the Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy, today announced (here and here) the launching of The RECAP Archive, a new Web interface to RECAP, the free database of U.S. federal court documents. The RECAP Archive enables searching and browsing by court, case name, docket number, PACER caseRead… Read more »
Dick was interviewed by Tom D’Auria of IMI TechTalk, on KFNX News Talk Radio, Sunday, August 1st. The conversation was about how programming is becoming less complex and how computer software is being fashioned directly by users, instead of professional programmers. These are Dick’s notes from the interview. What users are becoming what programmers? 30Read… Read more »
I am always asking people what they are doing with Social Business Strategies and Daniel Bevarly, Director for Online Strategies for The Collins Center for Public Policy, reached out to share some interesting information with me. The Collins Center is a not-for-profit public policy think tank in Florida. As they note on their web site,Read… Read more »
I want to tackle the intersection of User-Centred Design (UCD) and Agile. I’ll start by saying I am fundamentally not an Agile detractor. I respect and appreciate the need for process to help shape and deliver complex projects. When it comes to UCD I am a strong believer in designing the ‘right’ thing for theRead… Read more »
Shouldn’t I be sleeping? Carol A. Spencer: Convincing Local Governments Tom Fox: Young government leaders – Lessons for the next generation Spencer Wilson: Can’t See the Social for the Media Sharon Weinberger: Pentagon Goes Wiki with Crowdsourced Tech Project Clay Johnson: Don’t Let the Municipal Crisis Go to Waste Jeff Stanger: Data Are Not InformationRead… Read more »
Facebook recently marked the 500 million user milestone. With this accomplishment, the social networking website has more people than the populations of the United States, Indonesia and Brazil. In all of its amazing success, it’s easy to forget that Facebook is run by Mark Zuckerberg, a leader who is only 26 years old. Last week,Read… Read more »
Cartney McCraken is a Social Media Strategist and Client Relations Manager at Rainmaker, a political consulting firm in West Virginia. She was good enough to take some time out of her busy schedule to discuss the use of social media strategies by politicians in West Virginia. Q. How do you bring politicians into the discussionRead… Read more »
You know people are chatting about you, your organization, or your brand on social media channels (or you hope they are). The problem is that most organizations cannot afford to spend money on expensive listening platforms and are often left scratching their heads about how best to approach this need without spending money. SocialMention providesRead… Read more »