All Blog Posts Tagged 'cb2' (33)

A Tweet on the #SMEM (Social Media for Emergency Management) hash-tag alerted me to the release of an official "Army Social Media" app on the iPhone. No, this isn't America's Army where teens battle it out Call of Duty…

Last night I saw a rather interesting commercial promoting the Disney re-release of Bambi. What made it so interesting was the introduction of a technology called Second Screen. As the name implies, your TV is the first screen, and your mobile device (in this case a tablet) the second. In the case of Bambi, your mobile tablet displays extras normally found on a separate disc as the original movie…

"Think of the message that would be sent if GSA took iPads off schedule until working conditions improved in China."

On the drive back from Miami to St. Pete last night, my fiancé was helping me pass the time by reading "The Awful Truth Behind 5 Items Probably On Your Grocery…

Today was the perfect day to spill mouthwash on my Verizon Blackberry. Why? The Verizon iPhone is available in stores tomorrow and NYC BigApps 2.0 Competition has launched their application gallery for public voting.

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This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Cheryl Bledsoe, GovLoop Member and founder of the latest GovLaunch Social Media for Emergency Management.

I'm no…

While developing a new technology for an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force this month, I gained insight into a growing problem facing both local law enforcement and federal agencies alike. In an effort remain anonymous from the police, criminals from drug dealers up to terrorists like the Times Square car bomb plotter have been taking advantage of the ability to buy prepaid cell phones from convenience stores in…

Today's CB2 is an open letter to Facebook's Public Policy Communications Manager, Andrew Noyes as headlines such as ABC's "…

When I met a friend to share my good news yesterday, she caught me a little off-guard by saying, "You have to hear how BP saved my Christmas." That's right, as in the same BP from the Gulf oil spill. Having asked to remain anonymous, we'll…

Each new interaction I have with a government platform makes me think how it could be improved upon. This time it was my experience with travel.state.gov as I used their Smart…

Hola and Feliz Navidad from 35,000 feet as I blog on my return flight from Bogota, Colombia where I return with sunburn, coffee and new perspectives after working with the government of Barranquilla to combat devastating floods in the country.

Exactly one week…

Yesterday I was on a little field trip in in Vicksburg, Mississippi, invited by DHS Science & Technology's Army Corp of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to witness the demonstration of their final levee plug prototype. To arm you with some random US trivia over the holidays, there are…