Monthly Archives: April 2011

Start With Me

This past week I blogged about a “culture of text” that is growing more prevalent (at least in the US). I briefly touched on how simulation and simulacrum shape this culture and wrote a bit about latency and agency. Yesterday, I offered a way to avoid awkward moments presented by incoming messages. In this post,Read… Read more »

What do Tow Trucks, Contractors and the Royal Wedding have in common?

Authored by Anthony Critelli While the hoopla around the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will not do much to help U.S. contractors battling shrinking government budgets, we have detailed the many opportunities existing for their British counterparts. It should be noted that the only major cost said to be borne by taxpayersRead… Read more »

Tornadoes in the South

No really more about my experience with the tornadoes in Huntsville Al. For those who know a little about me , we, the wife and I, got through the day from hell, with only minimal structural damage due to straight line winds to our home and NO physical injuries at all. Took some 4 hours,Read… Read more »

Weekly Round-up: April 29, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda Government Employees as Guides, not just Subjects. IBM Center author Ines Mergel argues in a blog post that ” constantly including practitioners into the research process and not only as subjects (i.e., interview partners), but as equal partners who guide the research, evaluate its feasibility and to keep the research grounded and unbiased.”Read… Read more »

PMP Exam Tip: Why do we use a Probability and Impact Matrix?

The probability and impact matrix sounds very complicated, but the concept is actually something that most people use in their everyday life quite frequently, although in a simpler form. The probability and impact matrix comes into play when the project manager or team members determine that a particular phase or activity within the project containsRead… Read more »

Good morning, here are some political law links for today

“ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER CITIZENS UNITED.” You can listen to a Brennan Center event on Citizens United here starting at 9:00 a.m. (Assuming you didn’t go back to sleep after watching Royal Wedding coverage…) WRAPS OFF D OUTSIDE GROUP. Jeanne Cummings has the scoop. “Democrats with ties to the Obama White House on Friday are launching aRead… Read more »

Government’s ROI for Open Government

When you invest in something, you want to know how well your investment is paying off – your ROI. Well, citizens “invest” in government (and their community), so they want easy access to useful information about it. They want to see a return on their investment. But open government is not just beneficial for citizens;Read… Read more »