Gadi Ben-Yehuda Where Data Meets Decisions. The Pew Internet Research Group has an interesting and important report out about “Just in time information,” which they describe as people using mobile devices to acquire and/or act upon information to address a need or desire that has arisen in the moment. Where Machines Talk to One Another.Read… Read more »
There are many great use cases for Apache Hadoop, the open source framework for scalable, reliable, and distributed computing on commodity hardware built around Hadoop Distributed File System and MapReduce, such as delivering search engine results, sequencing genomes, and indexing entire libraries of text, but the Million Monkeys Project by Jesse Anderson may be theRead… Read more »
This is a great article on Government M2M Solutions – * Let’s start a conversation…..Is your organization currently using or looking into leveraging M2M Solutions to solve business challenges? * If so…what is the problem you are trying to solve and what kind of M2M technology are you using to solve it? * What doRead… Read more »
Ruby on Rails has quickly become the default web app development framework among the “hacker” and startup community since first releasing in 2004. Why? Because Rails was designed from the ground-up with programmer productivity in mind. It uses a variant of the Model/View/Controller architecture pattern to organize application programming. In addition to the MVC-based arch,Read… Read more »
On today’s program for Thursday May 10th, 2012 How to succeed in government leadership — and yes, that includes political leadership. We’ll talk to Paul Lawrence, one of the authors of the new book, Paths to Making a Difference: Leading in Government. Big data — it’s the latest buzz word floating around government. ButRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate is struggling with matching first responder needs and budget cuts. More here. Senator John McCain once again pushes for a greater role for the Department of Defense in cybersecurity and asks for Gen. Kieth Alexander of CyberRead… Read more »
Local governments are trying to engage the public more. One of the fastest and easiest ways to do that is through social media platforms. Think Facebook and Twitter. But some local governments are quicker and more efficient at adopting these new tools than others. Karen Mossberger is the Professor and Head at the Public AdministrationRead… Read more »
Ok, I admit it, I bought an iPad. iPad – also an excuse to show a photo of my dog, Wyn It’s a third generation, or “new iPad”, as Apple insist on referring to it. I was one of the many thousands world-wide who bought the latest shiny thing, the first day it was available:Read… Read more »
There is little doubt that new technology is helping make some adults more productive — while killing the productivity of others. But could teaching children to use technology such as iPads starting as young as Kindergarten help them develop into productive tech users, or will it create a life of technology addiction? An elementary schoolRead… Read more »
The November elections are quickly approaching, and no matter who wins, the next term means a whole new crop of political appointees will be joining government. The challenges facing those appointees are vast — especially in the first two years. Paul Lawrence is a Principal at Ernst and Young. In his new book, Paths toRead… Read more »