GameFest: Metal Gear Solid Fans
After Hideo Kojima‘s appearance he posed with fans dressed in Metal Gear Solid costumes. Original post
Miscellaneous
Let the GameFest Begin!
The Art of Video Games opened yesterday and as part of our opening festivities GameFest is well underway this weekend. We will be posting images throughout the day. There are a number of game consoles available for play in our Kogod Courtyard. This man is trying his hand at Space Channel 5. First released inRead… Read more »
Please Help A Federal Agency In A Technology Search
I’ve been asked, along with several other volunteer researchers, to brainstorm to produce a list of new technologies to bring to the attention of several federal CTOs. This is part of a not-for-profit activity designed to help keep a slice of the federal community informed. I would appreciate it if I could enlist your helpRead… Read more »
Article: “Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity”
Here’s an interesting article on productivity and overtime that I think is worthwhile reading. . . Only if I could convince my boss that this is true. “Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity” by Sara Robinson
Monday Mantra
No matter how you tell yourself you feel, get up, dress up, show up.
Hacking the hacktivist: The inside scoop on how Anonymous works
Hacking the hacktivist: The inside scoop on how Anonymous works by GovLoop Insights 2011 may very well be the year of Anonymous — the hactivist group took down the Justice Department website, Stratfor, mastercard, defense contractor Vanguard and even the Vatican. Their reach is impressive…and even more so when you consider how Anonymous runs. TheRead… Read more »
The Importance of Preserving Institutional Knowledge in the Public Sector
One of the important steps that an organization can take is improving its knowledge management programs. Knowledge management can be used to describe numerous initiatives, but the central goal is to preserve institutional knowledge. Organizations have taken different approaches to knowledge management, by either using a high level software service or other low cost initiativesRead… Read more »
Good morning, here are Friday’s political law links
ARE YOU READING THIS ON YOUR NEW IPAD? Did you the fight the urge to join the lines at the Apple store today to get a new iPad? This site looks great on iPads of all generations, especially since I upgraded my formatting last week (or, in WordPress lingo, my “theme”) to accommodate tablets andRead… Read more »
New on GovLoop: Drop Downs and Tag Choices in Blogs
Way back in November 2010 (“GovLoop Tags and Feeds Project”), I asked the GovLoop community if anyone would be interested in helping me on a little project – figuring out a way to collect and categorize the tags associated with blogs and forums so that it would be easier to mine the vast treasure troveRead… Read more »
Civic institutes this summer (via Peter Levine’s blog)
Here’s a great little list straight from Peter Levine’s blog at http://peterlevine.ws/?p=8351… People interested in various aspects of civic education and civic renewal have a whole range of summer institutes to consider in 2012. At Tufts, we offer a Summer Institute of Civic Studies (a seminar with a strong focus on theory) followed by aRead… Read more »