UC Berkeley Reading List 2011: Social Networking
Social networking is a fundamental part of the GreenCityStreets concept. Here’s a good summer reading list from UC Berkeley … UC Berkeley Social Networking Reading List. Original post
RIP Len Bias (From Your Bureaucrat on Sports, the Hokie Guru)
Hard to believe it’s been 25 years today since the great Len Bias passed… Here’s what others say about him… Michael Wilbon and others in the DMV have some great memories of Len Bias (and ACC basketball at the time)… You are always reminded of what could have been… RIP Len Bias… embrace life onRead… Read more »
children and a teacher’s, ‘quote’
A quote from my blog at: http://children-in-virtual-classroom.blogspot.com/ “I am a teacher in a [community] (land of many lost families) who is very desirous of establishing an intergenerational link for my class. I think a large part of the problem our children and our society face is a sense of ‘rootlessness’. … I plan to devoteRead… Read more »
It’s the network
The other night my sister-in-law was visiting. She and my husband are in the same trade – tertiary education – so naturally they spend a lot of time talking shop. The internal politics, the slipping standards, and the cheating. Oh, the cheating! Or plagiarism. Or sloppy referencing. Or as seems particularly popular these days, justRead… Read more »
It’s a 3 ring circus but there’s some good in there #localgovcamp
If ever there was an example of local government being central governments poorer cousin, yesterday was it. This is going to be a quick post – the analytical stuff will come later (I will not be reading anyone else’s content in the meantime, I’ll be riding my bike up and down steep hills, being chuffedRead… Read more »
Free PMP Exam Sample Question
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— Which curve or line represents the cost baseline? A) Slanted line B) S-curve C) Z curve D) PQ curve —————————— All our questions are updated to the latest PMBOK® GuideRead… Read more »
Call for Papers: JURIX 2011
A call for papers — with submission deadline of 5 September 2011 — has been issued for JURIX 2011: The 24th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, to be held 14-16 December 2011 at the University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria. Papers are invited on the following topics: Support for lawyers, in legalRead… Read more »
The Weekly Spark – Week of JUNE 17, 2011
The Weekly Spark – Week of JUNE 17, 2011 Following verbatim are the titles, ‘lede’ opening sentences and links (where available) of items posted online in The Weekly SPARK, June 17, 2011, published and e-distributed FYI by the ONLINE Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) THE ONLINE COMPLETE June 17, 2011 *The Weekly Spark* IS FREELYRead… Read more »
ROI on US “Campaign to Cut Waste” from the UK Experience
This is my first attempt using storify to capture a discussion. Let me know if you’ve found better ways to use the tool-I found it pretty user friendly! This story summarizes some twitter conversations that relate to several US Executive Orders on Customer Service and website consolidation. There are a lot of orders being released,Read… Read more »
Pass The PMP Exam Fast And Easy!
Gotcha! (Bait and switch, I know. But it’s for your own good. Stay with me.) I know some people believe that certifications like the PMP are just something to get through as fast as you can, as easily as possible. Many people drift through college too, taking the easy classes and doing the bare minimumRead… Read more »