The other day the Vancouver Sun – via Simon Fraser University’s Public Square program – asked me to pen a piece answering the questions: Is the Internet bringing us together or is it tearing us apart? Yesterday, they published the piece. My short answer? Trying to unravel whether the Internet is bringing us together orRead… Read more »
If you haven’t considered adding Tumblr to your social media portfolio yet, my latest blog post offers seven reasons why it hits a “sweet spot” for established individual and organizational users, complementing and augmenting engagement on other platforms in unique and effective ways. Additional reasons are welcome. Tumblr. Follow the world’s creators. That’s how TumblrRead… Read more »
In my last post, I talked about the ten things you should be saying to your boss. Now it’s time to look at the other side and share ten things that your boss should be saying to you. “What do you think?” Your boss should value your opinion and contributions and frequently ask for yourRead… Read more »
Like many, 9/11 brings forth a lot of emotions in me. Though it was far away, United Airlines flight 175 was headed towards my local airport, Los Angeles International, and the deaths of its passengers was directly felt around Southern California, my home. Not long afterward, I began what would become 8 years of intensiveRead… Read more »
This is basically a repeat of the blog I posted last 9/11. On the eleventh anniversary of the worst day in the history of this country the Government Man will dispense with the usual satire and comedy. Poking fun at what people take seriously is something I enjoy doing but there is nothing funny aboutRead… Read more »
Earlier this year we partnered with the Blue Ridge Foundation of New York to bring the “Code for America effect” to America’s most populous city. I have to admit, it was a tall challenge for us. The City of New York is “firing on all cylinders” in terms of our own measures of effectiveness. TheyRead… Read more »
For some patients, it’s Hell and they’d rather be dead, and I was one of them. “Whose Life Is It Anyway,” is the title of a play by Brian Clark that I lifted from him with more information from good old Wikipedia complete with links to other respective sites. I remember the movie made fromRead… Read more »
Cisco and IDG have sponsored this post and asked that we spread the word on this event which should be of interest to anyone in the enterprise IT business. Cisco is one of the firms we should all track closely and this is a great opportunity to learn the full array of their solutions forRead… Read more »
Rick ‘Doc’ Walker was the keynote speaker at a recent Comcast event I attended at Redskins’ FedEx Field. Fans may remember Walker as one the HOGS, or more recently as a champion for research and cure of Muscular Dystrophy, Cystic Fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, and Arthritis (he does an ESPN 980 radio show “2-4 weekdays” as heRead… Read more »
CTOvision was once again named one of the top sources for government technology news and analysis. Fed Tech Magazine just published it’s list of “46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter” which it later updated to include a 47th member, features CTOvision’s Twitter account, which you can follow for our CTO feed for theRead… Read more »