Time to Pull the Plug on Government Web Sites? by Andrea Di Maio | August 11, 2011 | 28 Comments Those who have been following my research since my early days at Gartner may remember my note about the irrelevance of government portals (published in January 2001, login required), as well as my rants onRead… Read more »
Day 29 Automatic Meter Reading Research For about a year we’ve been researching automatic meter read (AMR) systems. Because our neighboring communities to the north and south have also been going through this process, we decided to combine our efforts and collaborate on the research. So as a group we’ve met with several vendors overRead… Read more »
Over the past week I attended a conference called Dreamforce 2011. Dreamforce played host to 45,000 people, all of whom are interested in running applications in the cloud. Since GovDelivery (where I work)has been all about cloud computing for over a decade, they were speaking my language! There were plenty of big name speakers likeRead… Read more »
It’s been a while since I did one of my slots profiling some of the heroes working on web stuff inside the public sector, but as there seem to have been a few people moves announced recently, I thought I’d celebrate a bit of a phenomenon. Dafydd Vaughan announced this week that he’s leaving ConsumerRead… Read more »
Huh? Let me explain what I mean. Here’s a brief history of Facebook from my own personal experience. I joined Facebook sometime in mid 2006. It was only open to colleges and universities, quickly followed by cities. Up until that point, the main conversation platforms for myself and my close friends other than in-person conversations,Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Stephen Moss reports. I recently saw a pundit on cable news attempting to answer the question, “Why do bad things always happen in August?” To that question I can offer no insight, but I can attest to the underlying premise. August 2011 proved to be an especially tumultuous month for those of usRead… Read more »
Local Government Guidelines for Working with the Media During an Energy Emergency “This document provides strategies that local governments can use for communicating effectively with the media, and for cultivating relationships with both the media and the public during energy-related emergencies.” Code for America Announces Winners Several cities have been selected to participate in CfA’sRead… Read more »
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-ads-politics-2011-09 Did you know that there’s a company that specializes in Facebook promotions for members of Congress? Meet iConstituent, of Washington, D.C. We spoke to the company’s Marketing and New Media manager, Andrew Foxwell, by phone and email to learn more about how the company collaborates with congressional offices to maximize their Facebook use. HowRead… Read more »
After reading Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson, decided assembling a book on how to develop an Information Architecture for an Enterprise was doable. Expect it will take about a year, as simlair efforts I’ve had for Microsoft and IBM to build methodologies took about the same time. Have started collecting methods, toolsRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Social Media, Soup to Nuts: Lovisa Williams shared, through Twitter and her blog, the whats, hows, and wherefores of social media. I also published this slide deck on advanced uses of Twitter. Grading the Government, and Looking Forward: Darren Whitelaw shared his report card on Gov 2.0 activities and Alice Lipowicz reports thatRead… Read more »