With the new year rapidly approaching, it’s probably about time I wrote this down. As of January 2012, acidlabs will change its shape considerably. More than anything, this site will go back to being my personal site — a place where I write down my thoughts and musings on any number of things from politicsRead… Read more »
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Government Android Should Concern You
Android exploits present a problem for enterprise and Gov’t adoption of Android Android is a great mobile computing platform. It’s extensible, fairly easy-to-use (considering its plethora of features), has a great application store with hundreds of thousands of applications, and connects back with everything in Google so that all of Google’s information and services areRead… Read more »
Government Books: Gifts You Can Open Again and Again
In this busy holiday season many are looking to simplify their lives and give more meaningful gifts. With many of us pitching in to buy retirement gifts for our fellow govies who are taking early out offers and the continued salary freeze for government salaries, our gift-giving budgets are tight. So if you are lookingRead… Read more »
On Evaluating Standardized Tests
I just read an article from the Washington Post that disturbed me: When An Adult Took A Standardized Test Forced on Kids. It was written by Marion Brady and she talks about an educated adult friend of hers who took the 10th grade standardized tests. I wouldn’t be writing this post if her friend validatedRead… Read more »
How to Tell It’s Time to Leave Your Current Contract
The world of contracting has its benefits, not the least of which is the option to try new opportunities and experience new challenges. Along with the benefits, however, are a few drawbacks. The most pressing, especially in these economic times, being the potential for contracts to come to an end, and sometimes rather quickly. StabilityRead… Read more »
Top Posts November 2011
Event calendars are popular! Our small list has quickly grown to 24 entries and easily made the list of top posts for November: What Is Public Participation? 2012 Event and Conference Radar Occupy Research Wiki Thanks! Original post
It’s not just that we aren’t the users
We can never be a normal user of our own services. We can temper that by being self-c0nscious in reflecting on our experiences as users of other people’s. But even that tacitly assumes that we are like normal users other than in our expertise as providers of a particular service. But that assumption may beRead… Read more »
Government Proposals- 5 Tips That Can Assist You With Your Writing Skills
A government proposal is a short story about you and your company. You would think writing a story about yourself is a piece of cake, but if you want to be presented in an affirmative manner writing that short story can take time and alot of thought. Before you begin writing a proposal you shouldRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up December 02, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda On December 07, GSA is presenting a Webinar on social media metrics that I will be moderating. Here are some of the articles that I’m likely to touch on: Make it like a game. As the Apps for Healthy Kids site can attest, people are more likely to do the things they shouldRead… Read more »
Kindle Highlights and Collective Intelligence
As an avid reader of books, blogs, and articles, I’m always looking for ways to capture the key nuggets of knowledge to organize, apply, and share in the future. I currently use Google Docs to capture my notes from these various sources, but it has been a challenge to keep my research organized. My KindleRead… Read more »