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Monthly Archives: April 2011
In praise of user testing – part 1
We have ran some user testing recently and what an eye-opener it was. So how did we go about this? Well by trying to find users who were interested in our content. I have already described how I helped to identify the persona of performance measurement specialists. The usability supplier then dug up the relevantRead… Read more »
Complexity Economics and the Almost-Shutdown of 2011
Like many of you I spent my evenings over the last week watching the news networks as various experts debated the looming shutdown. I heard the various economic arguments around the budget battles and I was constantly struck by the thought that decisions concerning peoples’ lives and security were being decided by a 19th centuryRead… Read more »
Political law links today: J&J FCPA case, disclosure and democracy, no smooth sledding for VT CFR, the Waters case, and more
JOHNSON & JOHNSON & FCPA. Another FCPA settlement announced. DOJ Release. ”‘Today, Johnson & Johnson has admitted that its subsidiaries, employees and agents paid bribes to publicly-employed health care providers in Greece, Poland and Romania, and that kickbacks were paid on behalf of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary companies to the former government of Iraq underRead… Read more »
New Website Tracks FOIA Withholding Challenges
There’s a new FOIA website in town. The other week, FOIA.gov was launched by the Department of Justice. This time, it’s not a government FOIA site, but one done by Syracuse University (with a grant from the CS Fund/Warsh-Mott Legacy). Designed to bring more transparency to FOIA withholding decisions, the new site — http://FOIAproject.org —Read… Read more »
Flint to test hydrogen fueling station
The Mass Transportation Authority in Flint (MI) plans to build a hydrogen fueling station, which will be a test site for researchers at Kettering University. Original post
The need for micro-participation
A theme I’ve been returning to on a regular basis in the talks I’ve been giving lately has been about the need for government to make participation easier. I’ve blogged in my usual half-assed manner about the participation deficit before, and it strikes me that this is an important issue that is both not goingRead… Read more »
NRG Energy brings electric cars to Texas
NRG Energy is bringing electric cars to Texas with a new program that will create a network of 70 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. An additional 50 stations are also slated for the Houston area as well as another network along the Interstate 45 corridor, by the end of nextRead… Read more »
NRG Energy brings electric cars to Texas
NRG Energy is bringing electric cars to Texas with a new program that will create a network of 70 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. An additional 50 stations are also slated for the Houston area as well as another network along the Interstate 45 corridor, by the end of nextRead… Read more »
Who the hell are you to judge my worth?
I work in local government. Apparently, this makes me: lazy unsuitable for to work in the private sector ever again guaranteed not to be accepted onto temping agency books looked down upon by private sector colleagues in the same job roles behind the times incapable of maintaining my own self development incapable of keeping upRead… Read more »