The Dog Days Are Over
…hopefully. This week’s Monday Pick Me Up, from Florence + The Machine. Original post
Virtual Worlds Help Demonstrate Root of Public Apathy
Fleep recently summarized the promise she saw in the Second Life community, the change that transpired there over the last few years, and her decision to focus her involvement in a different virtual community or platform. (You can read her article here: Why Anyone Who Cares. . ..) And based on the comments she receivedRead… Read more »
The Rise of the Fifth Estate – a good yarn worth reading
This morning I read Greg Jerico’s book ‘The Rise of the Fifth Estate‘ which chronicles the rise of political blogging and social media reporting in Australia. Some of you may remember Greg better as Grog of Grogs Gamut, a blogger and former public servant, known for his detailed analysis of political and sporting matters. HeRead… Read more »
TSP Talk – 08/25/12
The stock market closed out a rough week strongly as the 100-point gain in the Dow on Friday recouped almost half of the week’s earlier losses. On the week the Dow still lost 117-points and we now have some interesting technical setups forming. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of August 20Read… Read more »
Reputation vs. What have you done for me lately?
I recently read an article in INC. Magazine titled 9 Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People, by Jeff Haden, and was struck by several of his key points. In the article, which is well worth your reading, he points out a number of beliefs that will certainly set your ego-based brain thinking. A little reflection onRead… Read more »
Android and BB safer for SMS, Samsung and Apple Patent Sanction in Korea and more
Here are today’s top technology stories. AdaptiveMobile has recently tested the iPhone and found a serious SMS flaw – as more reports of mobile exploits are released, it seems that SMS to be a serious flaw across the board. Both Android and iOS have been hit hard by SMS weaknesses. Via InformationWeek, more here. BitcoinRead… Read more »
Defining Big Data for the Public CIO
The following is a piece I wrote for Public CIO. It is reposted here with their permission. I would appreciate your thoughts on this topic. How do you think public CIO’s should define Big Data? -bg Enterprise IT professionals, including public CIOs, have long recognized the power of data, and the exciting new sense-making capabilitiesRead… Read more »
Federal “Bring Your Own Device” Toolkit, Unifying Offense and Defense at CYBERCOM, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Homeland Security’s fingerprint database for foreigners entering the United States has 825,000 records associated with multiple individuals, most of which are due to data entry errors but also false identities. More here. The federal government released its “Bring Your Own Device” toolkit forRead… Read more »
CX: Citizen Experience
What would society look like if we felt about government the way we feel about our iPhones? I had the opportunity to speak to some of the top user experience designers in the world earlier this week, at Adaptive Path’s renowned UXWeek, here in San Francisco. It was an intimidating task, sandwiched between Jensen Harris,Read… Read more »
Overrunning Your Vision?
There are functionaries who exist to hold a position. There are leaders who work to fulfill a vision. As a team matures, the difficult will be done immediately, the impossible may take a little longer. What happens when you overrun your vision? How do you recover? What causes overrunning your vision? Not succeeding? I wishRead… Read more »