Welcome to the Creative Content Coaching blog, where I write about Publishing, Social Media, and Web Presence. Here are some highlights from each section: Publishing I explain what all the fuss is about with ebooks and digital publishing. A video interview with Todd Sattersten on why books are really start-ups. How to be smart aboutRead… Read more »
Lauren Hockenson writing for TheNextWeb.com on Zynga, creator of the FarmVille social gaming series: What a difference a year makes. In August 2011, social gaming and in-app purchase godfather Zynga was riding high. It had come off of one of the highest profile IPO filings just a month previous, and its play on secondary marketsRead… Read more »
One of the questions that my team members and potential employees have asked me a lot over the last few years is “what are you looking for in an ideal employee?” We just finished a performance review cycle here where I worked with a few members of my team on their development plans for theRead… Read more »
It’s a bit about ourself, but yesterday, The Canberra Times ran a feature on acidlabs’ founder, Stephen Collins, touching on his work, his passions and the creation of TEDxCanberra. If you’d like to get a little deeper inside the mind of one of Canberra’s big ideas people, you should read the article. Original post
Nope, not a drug bust, just one of the back offices at Cupertino Here are today’s top tech news stories. While Apple had a “disappointing Q2,” they have managed to now reach $620B in Market Cap – I did not understand the analysts’ concerns with Apple’s Q2. With no major releases or announcements, it wasRead… Read more »
When things change over time and we live through the changes, we often don’t notice their scale or impact on our behaviour or thinking. It’s like growing up – you don’t wake up each day thinking ‘wow! I’m a millimetre taller’ – but your uncles and aunts notice the difference as they see you lessRead… Read more »
By Dennis D. McDonald Directive number 7 in Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel’s May 23, 2012 federal API strategy Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People states the following: 7. Improve Priority Customer-Facing Services for Mobile Use. The general public and our government workforce should be able to access governmentRead… Read more »
I was first introduced to Code for America when I stumbled across Jen Pahlka’s TED talk earlier this year. As she explained the concept of utilizing the most innovative web and mobile systems to empower a new breed of citizenship in the U.S., I immediately understood the significance of what CfA was working towards. Unfortunately,Read… Read more »
As announced last week, the Coalition is launching a new Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Savings award “which will go to a government and industry activity based on sound acquisition planning and use of well-defined requirements that lead to significant savings for the government/taxpayer.” This new EIP Savings award reflects the central, fundamental principle of governmentRead… Read more »
If you are a government IT leader or a firm that serves government please take a moment to give us your thoughts. We are looking for Big Data solutions in the government space that are making positive contributions to government missions. Nominees for the Government Big Data Solutions Award will be evaluated by a panelRead… Read more »