The Inclusive Design Institute at OCAD University have released version 1.2 of AChecker, a free open source program checking the accessibility and code compliance for web sites. The Public AChecker is a web based service for checking single pages, there is also a Download AChecker which can be installed to check pages in bulk.By defaultRead… Read more »
A research paper “Business Innovation and the Use of Information and Communications Technology” by Jessica Todhunter and Ruel Abello at the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that innovative companies invest more ICT. But what the analysis can’t show is if using ICT makes the company more innovative, or just that companies invest more to supportRead… Read more »
This 12-minute video by Rachel S. Smith of The Grove is a great introduction to how visual/graphic recording can be done using the iPad. This practice is growing in popularity (and is becoming more and more affordable) in the graphid facilitation realm. Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRJG46hUAW8. Rachel covers her usage of several iPhone apps:Read… Read more »
TransportationCamp East TransportationCamp East will be held in New York City on Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6, 2011 at the New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, New York NY (map). TransportationCamp East is sold-out, but you can join the wait list. Why Attend? Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impactsRead… Read more »
My thanks to Mack Sigman and Jay Dennis of ActioNet, and to Greg Valentine of WINS for being guests on the February 25 episode of my “Collaboration Tech Talk” Show! Here are some additional reference links on SDPS as covered in this interview: Planning Services, and Software Assurance Topics SharePoint Deployment Planning Services Brochure AnyRead… Read more »
Just a quick post here to get you all on board with something that I’ve been working on and think will be very cool but at the same time very useful. The Project: SXSW is a massive event taking place in Austin, TX next week. The Interactive portion of the event will bring together tech,Read… Read more »
Yogi Berra said: “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” The same holds true for any community. Mission statements are not new. Yet with online communities popping up, bringing people together from town to town, coast to coast, and country to country, crafting an effective mission statement is moreRead… Read more »
If you work in public health than listen up. John Hopkins University is offering a new training certificate that it only takes one year to complete and thanks to a gov’t subsidy you can’t take the all online courses at more that 50 % off. The program focuses on health infomatics. The goal of theRead… Read more »
The difference between a great sales manager and a great salesman is the difference between a wagon master and a gunfighter. The wagon master has to get as many as he can to the destination. The gunfighter is the icon of individual contributor. Most salesmen cannot build a compelling handout. They can’t build a movingRead… Read more »
TamiMcEvoy.com Everyone is talking about ‘Open Government’ but what exactly is Open Government? For me, it has to be more than government simply publishing public data, yes, we want to be able to scrutinize the data, and yes we want to see where the tax money is getting spent and yes, we want to knowRead… Read more »