mLearnCon is coming up next week! June 21-23, we’ll be doing some intensive deep dives into how mobile devices can (and are) transforming learning across a lot of domains (corporate, government, medical, military, academia, edu, etc). I’m going to (try to) give you a sneak preview of what’s happening on the mLearning Future Zone stageRead… Read more »
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Stayin’ Alive: American Heart Association’s New CPR Campaign
For those of you who ever thought taking the steps to save someone’s life during a cardiac arrest event, the American Heart Association (disclosure: my employer) wants to make it easy AND entertaining to remember. If you’re a fan of The Hangover movies – entertaining is just the word to accompany this video starring KenRead… Read more »
Health care or bust: U.S. health system could be a goldmine
Deltek Analyst Stephen Moss reports. In a recent report by Price Waterhouse Coopers’ (PWC) Health Research Institute, the U.S. health care market was called a goldmine of opportunity. This sector for opportunity has inspired companies and entrepreneurs to run to the health care market in ways that evoke the spirit of the 49ers who flockedRead… Read more »
On Diversity
The question of diversity in the technology industry is one I have few answers for. Lots of evidence to examine, but few answers. I do know it’s worth examining, though, and that not having the answers isn’t an excuse to stop asking the questions. I started in technology in the videogame industry in 1995. AsRead… Read more »
Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa: Why Now? What’s Next?
Last month I went back to the Kennedy School to speak at the Plenary panel of the HKS reunion weekend. The panel was called “Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa: Why Now? What’s Next?” The panel was moderated by Xenia Dormandy, Senior Fellow at Chatham House (MPP 2000), and featured Tarek Masoud, AssistantRead… Read more »
ZafeSoft Information Security and Control
It is with extreme pleasure that I announce ZafeSoft, a provider of solutions in information rights management and secure content in digital files/access control and use tracking, has named me to their advisory board. There are many exciting things about ZafeSoft that grabbed my attention. But the most compelling part of their story, to me,Read… Read more »
Racial Equity Tools
A website designed to support people and groups who are working for inclusion, racial equity and social justice, racialequitytools.org includes ideas, strategies and tips, as well as a clearinghouse of resources and links from many sources. Racial Equity Tools is a companion site to Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity – which helps people track progressRead… Read more »
Examples of Specialized Legal Metadata Adapted to the Digital Environment, from the CFR
Legal Information Institute Director Tom Bruce‘s and my new paper, entitled Examples of Specialized Legal Metadata Adapted to the Digital Environment, from the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (click here for slides) was presented on June 14, 2011, at dg.o 2011: The 12th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, at the University of Maryland,Read… Read more »
Meet the 2011 CfA Interns!
We’re so excited to have a bunch of new faces in the office: summer interns! Last week, over a dozen new recruits joined Code for America to work on projects ranging from design and code to policy and outreach — thanks in no small part to the support of Google Summer of Code and theRead… Read more »
Wait, You Mean “Disrupt” Actually Means Something?
In these days of million-dollar A rounds for crazy ideas and $9 billion web IPOs, the term “disrupt” gets thrown around a lot. An awful lot. Like every other word out of some people’s mouths. But what do we mean when we say it? Usually we — all of us, myself included — mean somethingRead… Read more »