April 2012 Blog Posts (556)

The ClearanceJobs.com Salary Survey shows how defense industry and cleared salaries stack up - check it out at http://www.clearancejobs.com/files/infographic.html…

Photo by Scott Hamlin via Flickr

When you stand on the scale you get the truth about your weight.

For most of us that number isn't a pretty sight and we don't get the answer we want. So we tell ourselves:

• "Weight…

I had an enjoyable time on Saturday at the Talk About Local unconference, where lots of people involved in hyperlocal websites get together to share stories and experiences and to figure out answers to tricky questions.

There tends to be two angles with hyperlocal…

Today I read a great article about digital citizenship, Digital Citizenship and the Forward Edge Transference, written by Mike Langlois, LICSW. In his post, Langlois discusses…

Are you working on an innovative project at your agency? Got a great idea to revolutionize government?



Then you should enter to become one of our three lightning speakers at the 2012 Next Generation of Government Training Summit - the leading training event for Gen X/Y government leaders, hosted by …

I use a ridiculous number of apps for writing stuff down digitally. It all depends on the context!

Rough notes, ideas and that sort of thing tend to be stored in Evernote. It’s easy, and ubiquitous and everything gets kept in one place.

Blog posts are written in…

Are you aware that our nation’s air traffic control communications are unsecure? Do you know that anyone can get on these communications channels and issue false air traffic control commands to passenger aircraft? Even though incidents occur at an alarming rate, our government has done nothing to correct the underlying problem, unsecured tower operations.

The threat this problem represents to every person that boards an aircraft is real.  A well-planned attack could have devastating…

About a year ago Corning amazed us with a fantastic thought piece on how advanced visualization capabilities might fit in our daily lives. The powerful video they produced is here at: Corning Helps Us All Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities.

They recently released a continuation of their vision titled “A Day Made of Glass 2″. This too can really help us think…

Colwyn Police Department announces the release of its new iWatch program, the latest software tool created by iThinQware, Inc. that allows citizens and law enforcement to join together in the fight against crime.

iWatch puts crime tipping and crime reporting into the palm of your hand, allowing individuals to get crime information and submit crime tips to law enforcement on their cell phones or PDAs.…

Last year when I attended the APWA Expo in Denver, one of the speakers shared his view of how the rise of coffee houses played a major part in the advancement of mankind. It seems that prior to the introduction of coffee as a beverage, most people just drank alcohol. 

And if you're familiar with history, this probably doesn't surprise you because as you know, back then, the other alternative, water, was usually contaminated and unsafe to drink. Unfortunately while…

So this weekend I'm in Joplin, MO for the Joplin Hackathon put together byCivicPlus and City of Joplin.

The goal of the event is to create a new digital townhall for the City in time to release for the 1-year anniversary…

The stock market got off to a slow start last week, but by Wednesday morning, after Apple had reported its strong earnings, the indices  caught fire closing in positive territory for the second week in a row after the early April pullback.

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I had the honor of meeting Hans Rosling briefly at TEDxSummit. Now it’s time you listened to him.

What needs to be done to have enough clean water for future generations?  If you live in New Hampshire, you can help answer this question and join a statewide conversation about the future of water sustainability on May 8, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00pm at the following locations…

• White Mountains Community College in Berlin, NH
• Hugh Gregg Coastal Conservation Center in Greenland, NH
• Keene State College in Keene, NH
• Manchester Water Works…

Tomorrow is Too Late: Why Government Needs Social Media 

City of Hayward, CA Council Chamber

Thursday, May 17, 2012 – 9:30am to…

Just heard about this funding opportunity in Everyday Democracy‘s e-newsletter…

EvDem introduced it like this in their newsletter:

If you’re looking for funds to improve rural communities’ capacity to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or economic and community development, check out the Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge.

Here’s…

Photo by Nathan Goddard via Flickr

This morning my mother reminded me of a story I would rather forget.



"Do you remember when you…

In "Social Media Pulls Communities Together" by S.A. Reid, The Second Edition of the Fels Social Media Report is…