This election season social media is driving much of the conversation – whether real-time online fact checking during the GOP convention speeches or fast and furious responses to statements made on a candidate’s website: the online community crowd-sources responses and the candidates have trouble controlling the message. This should not come as a surprise toRead… Read more »
Last Friday evening conversation started on twitter about a local GDS, the why, what, how, who, where etc. Now I didn’t have too much time to get involved in the conversation on twitter, although I did post a comment on Ben Proctors blog post on Friday evening – I would have contributed more but wasRead… Read more »
Happy Monday, Govloopers – where ever you are, we hope you have a Happy Labor Day!! Just so you know, here’s the history of Labor Day. This is the day we celebrate the American Worker, including all of those in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. We’ve made this the greatest country in world. AndRead… Read more »
The 21st century explosion of information technology has had a major impact in the American workplace and is swiftly redefining the traditional work-life balance in fundamental ways. As government employees (govies), we are becoming increasingly dependent on mobile/digital technology to get our jobs done. In due time, it may be the only way we work.Read… Read more »
Heard about design and design thinking but not sure what it is or what it has to do with the work of the public service? Interested in design but want to know more? Want to meet others interested in design in the public sector? I’ve just learnt about a great upcoming event that is beingRead… Read more »
Rise Up. Own this. Look for your Leader in the Mirror. I love my country. A simple statement. Overused across the board, devoid of meaning in most contexts and yet, loaded to the hilt right now. At this point in time, before the 2012 Presidential Election, my love of country, our love of country, callsRead… Read more »
If my life were a fable, it would be the story where our heroine searches high and low for books on social media and web presence that go well beyond the basics, yet aren’t too technical for a general reader to understand. There she would be, sitting on the threshing floor sifting through a mountainRead… Read more »
Join Your Friends and Neighbors in the Labor Day Parade On Monday September 3, Americans will observe the 131st Labor Day celebration. The Allegheny County Labor Council will host its 31st consecutive parade downtown. Pittsburgh’s parade is one of the largest Labor Day events in the United States, with nearly 200 groups and 80,000 peopleRead… Read more »
Stocks did little from Monday through Wednesday of last week, but Thursday we saw some nerves in front of Friday’s big Jackson-Hole speech from Ben Bernanke. The Dow dropped over 100-points Thursday in anticipation, and even though Bernanke didn’t give the market what it wanted, the news wasn’t bad and the Dow regained 90-points onRead… Read more »
This year Hadoop World has joined forces with Strata Conference to seek new community-wide synergies to accelerate Big Data solutions. This will be the best of Big Data conferences. CTOvision is a media partner for this event which means we can offer all our readers a discount code. Register for the event and enter theRead… Read more »