A Survey of Course Content Authoring Tools is being conducted by Lachlan Blackhall from the Educational Development Group, College of Engineering & Computer Science at the Australian National University. This is to see which would be suitable for engineering and computer science courses. Lachlan would like to get input from beyond the ANU and educatorsRead… Read more »
The federal government’s new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched a new Web site and social media tools. Original post
The Career Dropout Movement: Career Dropout is a cultural movement for fearless individuals who’ve amassed dreams and passions beyond their 9-to-5 jobs. This movement is inspiring, liberating and creative, because so many people have suppressed their dreams in the name of conformity, stability, expectation, and financial gain; usually based on their pursuits of career attainment,Read… Read more »
The Career Dropout Movement: Career Dropout is a cultural movement for fearless individuals who’ve amassed dreams and passions beyond their 9-to-5 jobs. This movement is inspiring, liberating and creative, because so many people have suppressed their dreams in the name of conformity, stability, expectation, and financial gain; usually based on their pursuits of career attainment,Read… Read more »
Earlier today, in an attempt to pump up the crowd at a GovDelivery event, Steve Ressler tossed a GovLoop “Gov Rock Star T-shirt” out into the crowd. It’s soared sky high….. …..and then it landed on a water pitcher spilling water everywhere! It was oh so close to being awesome. Find more videos like thisRead… Read more »
If you were like me, on January 25 you sat glued to your television for over an hour watching President Barack Obama deliver his second state of the union (SOTU) address. What is abundantly clear after hearing his address is that it will take more than ideological compromises in Congress to win the future forRead… Read more »
On February 8-11, 2011 IBM will be hosting the Social Business Jam. This free web-based event will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of leaders from around the world, to pool their knowledge and experiences to examine the next generation of business. The objective is to bring together corporations, organizations, and industry experts to cooperativelyRead… Read more »
Did you try and access the National Weather Service’s Weather.gov website lately? Evidently it has been reported that it crased due to extra visitors this week, as visitors to the site are five times higher than average. The Washington Post, and CBS have reported problems with the website recently. However, on an average day, Weather.gov’sRead… Read more »
Confused and befuddled by the debate over the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution? Here’s a good overview of what it all means. My colleague, Carl Moravitz, used to be the budget director for several major federal agencies. He pulled together a brief slide deck explaining what the Continuing Resolution means. Agencies face significant uncertainty, and itRead… Read more »
Tech@State gets into technology and policy for its fourth edition Feb. 11 when we explore Open Sourceas software and technical culture. This hot topic is one that warms the hearts of evangelists and makes blood run cold in those who think open source software (OSS) is an invitation to mayhem. For the details, go here:Read… Read more »