The Clean and Lean Cloud: An Infographic
Lots of people and organizations are moving to cloud computing. That means this is a huge opportunity to “green” our computing. Thanks to GreenBiz.com for this infographic! Original post
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Refine and Reuse Data with ScraperWiki
We know that developers will be looking to reuse open data for the OS Open Data and OS Open Space Challenge (not the only challenge, see here for the other one!) for ourcompetition event. So we asked @vacantimouse from ScraperWiki to describe what a tool that enables people to reuse and refine open data. ManyRead… Read more »
Please Stop Talking About Global Warming
Question: why don’t people talk more about climate change? It seems to me like something that should be a constant topic of conversation these days, especially given that 2010 was the biggest year ever for global CO2 output, exceeding the worst scenarios scientists had concocted. Yet whenever I bring it up – on Twitter, withRead… Read more »
A look at GSA’s Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service
GSA is helping secure Federal networks GSA provides many services to federal users, including communications services. They help agencies tap into the best communications industry can offer and does that in ways that can enhance security. One key method is MTIPS, which stands for Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services (MTIPS). This is a way toRead… Read more »
Motion Imagery Strategies in Broadcast: A key event for enterprise technologists
On December 1, 2011 between 8am and 5pm the National Association of Broadcasters will hold an event focusing on motion imagery lessons learned from the broadcasting community. The event will be a great opportunity to learn more about collection, analysis, reporting, production and dissemination of complex news and sports events. These are topics of interestRead… Read more »
Policy Informatics Book Chapter: Knowledge Incubation in the Public Sector – Ines Mergel
Policy Informatics Book Chapter: Knowledge Incubation in the Public Sector – Ines Mergel. I am participating in book project that is featured over on the “Policy Informatics” blog. Here is the abstract for my chapter to be published in 2012: The use of social media applications has become acceptable practice and is adopted by manyRead… Read more »
Communications is not a swear word (& neither is PR)
Imagine this. You work for a Council. You’re on the periphery of a few services, have a job which needs you to learn very quickly how a number of sub sets of services work to see if they’re using digital in the most appropriate and cost effective way for them and more importantly their residentsRead… Read more »
Speakers Announced for Virtual Edge Summit in San Diego!
Top virtual industry experts and practitioners will share their knowledge at the Virtual Edge Summit 2012, helping accelerate digital strategy. Experts from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), O’Reilly, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM and others among speakers. Anyone going?
Join Web Manager University for two free plain language training events:
11/29 – Plain Language Basics12/9 – Plain Language Writing for the Web Plain Language Basics This seminar will provide an update on plain writing principles and the law. If you write content for external customers and the general public—press releases, emails, articles, newsletters, etc.—this seminar is for you. You will: Gain a better understanding ofRead… Read more »
StumbleUpon: More Compelling Statistics
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog entry about StumbleUpon – what it is (social bookmarking tool), what it does (drives website traffic), and why you should probably know about it (the tool doubled its user base to 20 million in less than two years). StumbleUpon recently worked with a data visualization/visual contentRead… Read more »