New Reports New Report: Information Needs of Communities (by the FCC) “The FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities today delivered an in-depth analysis of the current state of the media landscape along with a broad range of recommendations. The staff-level report, titled “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in aRead… Read more »
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The Future of Hadoop in Bioinformatics
Earlier, I wrote on the use of Hadoop in the exciting, evolving field of Bioinformatics. I have since had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ron Taylor of Pacific Northwest National Library, the author of “An overview of the Hadoop/MapReduce/HBase framework and its current applications in bioinformatics“, on what’s changed in the half-year since itsRead… Read more »
Location Based Architecture – Phase 1
Since colleague Martin Howitt first shared his idea about a location based architecture I’ve seen so many opportunities and areas in which it could add huge value. So when I saw the latest developments within IOS5 and the new method for managing tasks across devices I naturally got a little bit excited. Like Remember theRead… Read more »
Live Blogging Google’s Innovation for the Nation: Morning Session
UPDATE 2:05 p.m. Well, it turns out the afternoon session is closed to the press. It also turns out that I’m considered one of them. So I won’t be bringing you any more updates. But hey, I hear the morning speakers were more interesting anyway. 12:20 p.m. We’re done for the morning. Thanks for reading.Read… Read more »
10th Annual National Child Welfare IT Managers’ Meeting Touts Break Down of Silos
Deltek Analyst Amanda White reports. This year’s 10th Annual National Child Welfare IT Managers’ IT Meeting was held May 23-26, 2011 at the Waterview Conference Hotel in Arlington, VA. A recurring theme during the conference was the need for silos in IT systems to be broken down. The idea is that in order for efficienciesRead… Read more »
Cisco Predicts the Future
Earlier this month, Cisco released their Visual Networking Index Forecast for 2015, and they predict some incredible growth in cyberspace. Together with a few dozen top consulting, analysis, and strategy firms, Cisco projected broadband connections, video subscribers, mobile connections, and Internet application adoption for the year 2015 using data from service providers, current technology trends,Read… Read more »
Random Hacks of Kindness
Went up to my Code for America city (Seattle) this weekend to participate in Random Hacks of Kindness, or #RHOK3. Random Hacks of Kindness is a movement of software developers, hackers, and humanitarian workers who get together for intensive weekends building tools to support emergency relief efforts. In Seattle, we had about 80 people activelyRead… Read more »
CityCamp Raleigh – Government Panel
I’m here at CityCamp Raleigh, live blogging today and tomorrow. Below are some notes from the first panel on “Government and Technology Industry Experts.” MODERATOR Kevin Curry, CityCamp Co-Founder PANELISTS Jerry Fralick, CIO for the State of North Carolina Adriel Hampton, Gov 2.0 Radio Gail Roper – City of Raleigh, Chief Information and Community RelationsRead… Read more »
Open Government Links of the Week – June 3, 2011
“Planning 2.0 about open government” How GIS can be interactive with the public. “Chicago’s chief technology officer has vision of Digital Second City” “[New Data] How can governments better engage the Hispanic population?” The U.S. Census Bureau “released a 2010 Census brief on the nation’s Hispanic population”. It’s got some newly compiled data in it.Read… Read more »
Civic Commons Takes Off!
We’re pleased to announce that our Civic Commons project, incubated in partnership with OpenPlans, is taking off with the leadership of Andrew McLaughlin, formerly Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., and Nick Grossman, formerly Director of Civic Works at OpenPlans. They’ll be leading a team of with staff from CfA, our fellows, and fromRead… Read more »