Last week the new app Color launched, a service that lets you take pictures on your phone and share them with people in your immediate vicinity. Soon after the app debuted to mediocre reviews, it was discovered that the founders had managed to raise $41 million for their first, pre-launch round. Let’s leave aside forRead… Read more »
On March 24, Facebook rolled out the Questions feature to all its users. It’s a new way to ask and get answers from your friends or fans on Facebook. For government, this could be a great opportunity to get direct feedback for Product development How can we improve our current website? How difficult was itRead… Read more »
Last week, Terry Weaver was a guest on the Kojo Nnamdi NPR radio show talking about Technology and Accessibility. They talked talked about the federal government’s efforts to make websites more accessible and Section 508. A recording is now available on-line, as well as a transcript.
This is a post about my boyfriend. It’s also a post inspired by Matthew Taylor’s recent blog post on the RSA site about ingenuity. I think differently. But so does my boyfriend. And we are not the same and it’s not just biological or temperamental. It’s literally, a different way of thinking differently. I don’tRead… Read more »
The launch and initial social innovation matchmaking activities hosted by Code for America, at their San Francisco headquarters on April 5th, will be the first public unveiling of the new Simpl platform. This important milestone is the result of a partnership between public sector consultancy FutureGov and government marketing experts Rock Creek Strategic Marketing. FindRead… Read more »
Today is an important day for me and my colleagues, because today Simpl, the Social Innovation Marketplace, opens its doors to the world. Simpl is a website that enables people in government agencies to source innovative ideas for improving public services, and rather than being a funding platform, the marketplace is all about the exchangeRead… Read more »
It’s a new financial year, and that seems an appropriate time to share my plans for the future. Following a really enjoyable couple of years at Learning Pool, we’re going to reshape my role as Community Evangelist to enable me to focus on some other stuff. In particular, I’m launching a new business. Kind ofRead… Read more »
Please join me as I interview on “Collaboration TechTalk” Portal Solutions CEO Daniel Cohen-Dumani on how best to drive user adoption of SharePoint. The interview will take place this Friday, April 8, 8:00 – 8:30 AM Eastern Time. You may either listen live or to a later recording at this link. Questions just prior orRead… Read more »
Last week the White House and the Federal CIO announced that the source code of the cost-saving IT Dashboard has been made available to the public and other government agencies. This first open source release will serve as a starting point for communities of interest to adapt the code to their own needs and developRead… Read more »
On 4 April, I attended Social Media in Times of Crisis — a symposium held by the Eidos Institute at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane. The day was designed to address a number of issues covering public and government use of social media tools in crisis situations, use by first and subsequent respondersRead… Read more »