I learned a bit about UgandaWatch 2011, a project that is working to enable a fair election in Uganda, and reached out to Heather Kashner, the Resident Director for the National Democratic Institute in Uganda, to learn more. What follows is our exchange, I hope you enjoy and consider checking out the Ugandawatch 2011 websiteRead… Read more »
It looks like the WikiLeaks fiasco has generated something akin to a security tsunami, crashing into agencies and forcing them to take a closer look at their information protection protocols. Ed O’Keefe at the Washington Post shares some perspective in this post: WikiLeaks prompts government to order detailed security reviews Ed explains: The WikiLeaks sagaRead… Read more »
You know a community is rocking when a room is painted in its honor in Palo Alto, CA. We’re that community! Ning, the platform GovLoop is built on, dedicated a room to us. Here you go folks. GOVLOOP
Reposted from CivicCommons.org, by Karl Fogel We’re pleased to announce that San Francisco’s Enterprise Addressing System has now been open sourced! EAS is a web-based system for managing the city’s master database of physical addresses, tied to Assessor’s parcels and the City’s street centerline network. We posted a short screencast of EAS in action aRead… Read more »
The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation gained 74 great new members in the last few months: 67 individual members and 7 organizations. Please welcome the following new members to the network! If you’d like to connect with any of them, search for them in the NCDD members network to find their contact info andRead… Read more »
Eaves.ca readers – happy new year! Here’s a little but of an overview into how we are kicking off 2011/ Thank you First, if you are a regular reader…. thank you. Eaves.ca has just entered its 4th year and it all keeps getting more and more rewarding. I write to organize my thoughts and refineRead… Read more »
Today marks the first day of Advanced Distributed Learning’s (ADL’s) Future Learning Experience Project, a major new effort from ADL that returns our organization to its roots in Applied Research & Development in the learning technology space.For those unfamiliar with what ADL is, it is an initiative out of the Office of the Secretary ofRead… Read more »
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s latest exhibition is Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow. the staff of Eye Level, American Art’s blog, sat down with the show’s curator, Joanna Marsh, to talk about the artist and his artworks. Alexis Rockman; The Pelican; 2006 Oil on wood Courtesy Elizabeth Schwartz, New York; © Alexis Rockman; PhotoRead… Read more »
(photo credit) Typically, I don’t get chills on my metro ride to work at 7:30 in the morning. Nor do I get all choked up. This morning I experienced both. Why? Read the story below. It’s worth the 3 minutes. Warning: this will pull on your heartstrings. This is the story of Sameer Bhatia andRead… Read more »
By Leonard Sipes We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how people communicate. There are few times in world history where that happens and we are witnessing major change right now. For centuries, we traded information about concepts, products and beliefs face-to-face. All that changed with social media and the internet (see “When Did WeRead… Read more »