By MollyJust The Health Care Blog recently provided context on a recent study by IBM which shows the majority of healthcare CEOs see technology as a way to transform their organizations by improving communication and collaboration between patients, doctors, and healthcare providers. Social collaboration has a place in multiple areas of healthcare. Many predict theRead… Read more »
Ashlee Vance has a fascinating write-up on Elon Musk, one of the most successful young entreprenaurs around, for BusinessWeek.com: Jon Favreau, a friend and the director of the Iron Man movies, has called Musk the basis for his version of comic book hero Tony Stark, the playboy inventor who builds a flying weaponized suit. OriginalRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Everyone’s favorite Android is getting a (tiny) update! Here are 9 October’s top mobile news and stories. Android 4.1.2 is being released to both AOSP and the Nexus 7 tablet in the next 24 hours – this update is said to be just a small update to the Android platform, and with theRead… Read more »
As you may or may not know I was trying to raise $4,000 dollars (crazy I know) to have my whitepaper, Scheming Virtuously: A Handbook for Public Servants into French. I had someone step up and offer to take on the translation, for which I am incredibly thankful and appreciative. In return for their generosity,Read… Read more »
Every once in a while I have one of those months where it seems I spend more time on planes than on the ground. September was one of those months for me, 34,534 kilometres to be exact. Needless to say, I’m happy to be back and adjusted to one consistent time-zone. As I’ve written beforeRead… Read more »
Asked for a three word description of why she was in attendance at the Code for America Summit, city administrator in Savannah, Georgia, said, “Show up Macon!” When Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco addressed the Summit, he cited his city’s position as the “number one city in America” according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. When MayorRead… Read more »
There are so many choices when it comes to obtaining a GSA Contract, but they all can be categorized into 3 basic groups (everything can be categorized, right!). The first category is the “Do-it-yourself” where either the an chief executive officer staffer or assistant is tasked with acquiring their GSA Contract. They do not knowRead… Read more »
I’ve updated my listing of Australian federal parliamentarians on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social networks, and have found that 77% of them now have a social media presence – up from 72% in June 2012. What I’d like to talk about today are some of the interesting breakdowns in the figures. There’s a substantialRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Here is the top tech news for the day. Calxeda, an ARM-based server firm, receives $55M in investment – ARM processors (those used in mobile devices) can be used in servers, creating power efficient rigs that optimize a few different kind of applications. While no single ARM-server vendor is in a position ofRead… Read more »
By BobGourley The 2012 FedCyber.com Summit is 15 Nov Please join us for the 2012 FedCyber Summit on 15 Nov 2012. And please help us shape the day by providing your inputs on what you want out of the event. Your engagement is what makes this event action-oriented and practioner-focused. If you have not alreadyRead… Read more »