Project Management Terms – Baseline

A baseline is a reference that is being used as a base for future measurement. In Project Management, the term baseline refers to an accepted and approved project plan. A project baseline is a must for a project manager to monitor and evaluate the success of a project. Without it there is no possibility toRead… Read more »

Weekly Round-up: October 26, 2012

Gadi Ben-Yehuda BYOD and Telework. There is overlap between BYOD and telework, as both rely on technology–both hardware and software–to afford people flexbility of space. Both also ensure that work and personal time will not be as clearly delineated as in ages past. Getting policies right will be one of the key tasks both forRead… Read more »

Where ideas go to live and/or die

I just finished reading Steven Johnson’s “Where Good Ideas Come From” and it’s an absolute must read for anyone interested in the sweet science of innovation; he’s actually got a TED talk that addresses some of these issues but it isn’t nearly as compelling as the book). I was so impressed with the book thatRead… Read more »

Does your city have a CIO (Chief Innovation Officer)?

Recently we collaborated with the Smart Cities institute to conduct a worldwide telepresence seminar at the Cisco offices, discussing ‘Gigabit Cities’ – Open Government, Big Data and Innovation. Our partners Sandel and Associates have been working with Kansas City to develop economic development strategies, and one key initiative for the city has been a dealRead… Read more »

Visualizing Open Energy Data in Canada

If you haven’t seen it yet, Glen Newton has done some really awesome visualizations of Canada’s energy production/consumption data. Here’s a version I “edited”: What is cool is that, what I mean when I say “edited” is that any of the colour bars can be dragged vertically, so one can move around the components toRead… Read more »

Coffee!

Your Friday meme, in mug form. Original post

Revelstone: Why We’re Coding for America

Revelstone is one of the seven civic startups in the inaugural class of the CfA Accelerator. I’ve spent my entire career understanding data. Looking deep into the numbers to figure out what decision would be best. This started when I was consulting with Arthur Andersen and continued throughout the years working with private sector companies,Read… Read more »

Remembering to say thank you to citizens

Every day thousands of citizens donate their time and energy online to help government agencies across Australia. They respond to feedback surveys on websites, provide submissions to consultations, share agency updates on Twitter and Facebook, participate in government-run online groups, provide tips and case studies to help government campaigns help others, create blog posts, websitesRead… Read more »

Designing Digitally, Inc. at DevLearn Conference & Expo 2012! – Are you going?

Designing Digitally, Inc. at DevLearn Conference & Expo 2012! Designing Digitally, Inc. is excited to announce our attendance at the Devlearn Conference & Expo 2012 – to be held this year in beautifully sunny Las Vegas from October 31st to November 2nd. DevLearn Conference & Expo 2012 is a conference devoted to E-Learning development. AsRead… Read more »

A Storify Dialog on Cyber Hurricane Katrina

By Kelsey Atherton Editor’s note: What follows is extracted from a storify post . This is a first post in this format for the CTOvision blog. Let us know what you think on any aspect of this, including format in your browser, format in your newsletters and of course content- bg. The Foreign Policy ResearchRead… Read more »