Posts Tagged: Web

A Comprehensive Test Strategy for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

I published an article at ClearType Press – take a look and please share your thoughts in the discussion: A Comprehensive Test Strategy for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 http://cleartypemedia.com/press/2009/10/test-strategy-for-ie6-ie7-ie8/ In this article, I’ll show you how to install multiple, legitimate versions of IE to speed up testing by taking advantage of two no-costRead… Read more »

Ideas to Improve Federal Acquisition and the Better Buy Project

From The Acquisition Corner This week saw the launch of the Better Buy Project, a joint project of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council in conjunction with the General Services Administration. According to the website: …The acquisition process represents one of the most important areas of collaborationRead… Read more »

Capitol Circle is now live!

Capitol Circle is now live. It’s a “Bloomberg for politics” concept that aggregates twitter, RSS, and the web to deliver real-time political news as it breaks across the Internet. It’s searchable and filterable as well. Please let me know what you think of the site, I’m looking for feedback to iterate the product and takeRead… Read more »

With New Fiscal Year Comes New OMB Guidance

From The Acquisition Corner As Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 is now underway, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be ramping up its guidance on improving acquisition outcomes, which includes a broad section of areas to include competition, contract types, workforce, outsourcing, and acquisition practices. I will be covering theses issues in more depthRead… Read more »

SOCIAL MEDIA: What still SCARES us?

An article came out today with this headline, Six Reasons Companies Are Still Scared of SOCIAL MEDIA. I know some might, at first glance, discount the article, noting the obvious differences in government organizations and companies. I can’t help but think, based on social media discussions here, that there aren’t parallels to draw in theRead… Read more »

Create Web Metrics Reports that Rock

Join Jennifer Veesenmeyer of Stratigent for Web Manager University’s webinar: Creating Web Metrics Reports that Rock to learn how good metrics can help you build a strong business case for your web efforts. Webinar Description: A great web metrics report can be a powerful tool to communicate business insights. In this webinar, Jennifer Veesenmeyer willRead… Read more »

Postscript two: Lessons from the great 2009 Birmingham City Council website disaster

Following the almost universally badly received launch of the new Birmingham City Council website local developer Mark Steadman posted a challenge on his blog: Why don’t those who are busy complaining and building independent fixes to problems that only concern people who know or care what hashtags are*, get together and build an alternative CouncilRead… Read more »

Introducing ‘lifestream’: UK MP’s website breaks new ground

LibDem MP Lynne Featherstone is the party’s lead on web stuff and so she should be – she’s had a blog since 2003 and has fed it practically everyday since. Lynne even credits her election victory to her strong online presence and use of it as an organising tool. When she came to updating herRead… Read more »