Pocket offers a host of saved reading capabilities You may have heard of Pocket, actually, you’re more likely to know it in its former incarnation, Read It Later. I have recently started using Pocket to track interesting stories for my daily roundup. The setup is easy – I made an account, installed the Chrome browserRead… Read more »
If you use Microsoft Outlook, join me for a complimentary webinar: Outlook on Steroids. You’ll learn little known Outlook features that will help you gain at a minimum 5 more minutes of productive time an hour, giving you an 8% rise in productivity. Register your entire team for this Lunch and Learn preview. For anRead… Read more »
Recently, there’s been some debate about creativity – or lack thereof – within the Government workforce. However, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is taking a new approach to fostering innovation. OPM has brought (or bought) a piece of Silicon Valley into its Washington, D.C.-based headquarters. The Washington Post reports that OPM has created anRead… Read more »
So I’ve been thinking about my earlier post on “Metrics: One Rule to Rule Them All.” It argued that each government agency should have just one metric to guide its performance, very much like the President has one approval rating that we use to gauge his or her success. The idea of having one orRead… Read more »
Cryptography recently joined forces with neuroscience to propose a groundbreaking innovation in authentication. Hristo Bojinov of Stanford University along with Daniel Sanchez and Paul Reber of Northwestern, Dan Boneh of Stanford, and Patrick Lincoln of SRI published a paper on “Designing Crypto Primitives Secure Against Rubber Hose Attacks.” Passwords, encryption keys, and other methods ofRead… Read more »
My Grandfather’s Son is Clarence Thomas’ autobiography up to confirmation as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Jack asked me if I wanted to read his copy, that he got from Clarence. I read it like a thriller, because it was. Some of the people who illuminated Clarence’s quest of becoming hisRead… Read more »
Ouya is turning into the best little Android box forthcoming (but when will it be here?) Here is our wrap-up of the top technology stories of the day. Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, believes that cloud storage will lead to “horrible problems” in the future. He said that “With the cloud, you don’t own anything. YouRead… Read more »
It’s not the most exciting bit of technology in the world, but it could be very useful. I read an awful lot of stuff on the web – thanks to Google Reader, it’s made really easy. Lots of people don’t have the time to do so, and are quite grateful to have useful items pointedRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Transportation Security Administration is seeking holograms or video projections of customer service representatives to communicate with travelers in at least English and Spanish. More here Mark Giuliano, executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national security branch, testified before the House Appropriations subcommitteeRead… Read more »
I believe it’s every government employee’s job to make great products and services. Details vary, but in the end, I think it’s all the same, whether it’s a government hospital, processing benefits, or national security. I try as much as possible to emulate tech start-ups, but Apple most of all, in my development of governmentRead… Read more »