First let me start by saying that the line of reasoning I am about to present to you may go somewhat against the grain; feel free to take issue or prove me wrong, as you will see below, its been done before. I am not a fan of learning plans My main contention is thatRead… Read more »
Via this post by Anthony Zacharzewski over at The Democratic Society blog , I found the UK Government Code of Practice on Consultation (PDF), which I admit I wasn’t aware of. The documents lists the following seven consultation criteria (page 4): Criterion 1 When to consult Formal consultation should take place at a stage whenRead… Read more »
The Country Fire Authority in Victoria has released a infographic on their Facebook account, providing a view of the traffic and interactions on their page. Note that any organisation or individual can do this, using the free data visualisation tools at Visual.ly. I’ve taken the standard report (which is very long), cut it in halfRead… Read more »
The National Library of Australia has taken a major step forward in the adoption of mobile internet in announcing the launch of its mobile strategy and mobile apps for both iOS and Android providing access to their complete catalogue. In particular the Library’s mobile strategy (released under a Creative Commons license) is the most visionaryRead… Read more »
To BYOD, or not to BYOD? That is the question, to paraphrase Shakespeare in Hamlet. But for today’s humble Government worker, what is the answer? In 2012, more employees of Uncle Sam are saying Y-E-S to B-Y-O-D, bring your own device. This is reportedly happening in Government workplaces across the country and around the world.Read… Read more »
I can’t take credit for the “Turkey training,” as we called it, that honor goes to one of the best bosses I’ve ever had. She used this method to teach project teams about project scheduling. I’m paraphrasing her here because it was so effective and memorable that 11 years later I’m still using it. TheRead… Read more »
HBase is an open source data base with some very special features you should take note of. This post provides some context of hBase. Most of this information was gleaned from the great reference material at Cloudera.com, which has become the go-to site for learning about Big Data approaches, especially capabilities related to Apache Hadoop.Read… Read more »
Note: this article is cross-posted from its original location. This last weekend saw the first hackathon ever to occur in the country of Moldova, and they definitely made it their own. For a country that is just starting to build its civic hacker community, the results were nothing short of remarkable: 85 participants set toRead… Read more »
The city of Indianapolis, IN, is moving forward with a plan to install solar panels on city-owned public works buildings to make them more efficient. The goal is for private companies to finance, build, own and operate the system, paying the city for rooftop leases. The “Office of Sustainability” in Indianapolis has selected two companiesRead… Read more »
Everyone has worked with a Ron Swanson — a stonewalling figure resistant, if not downright hostile, to change. Though the Parks and Recreation character presides over the operations of a fictional Indiana township, this figure isn’t unique to city governance. Any public or private organization of a certain size and bureaucratic complexity has at leastRead… Read more »