Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — TEALS, or Technology Education and Literacy in Schools, is a grassroots initiative in the private sector high-tech workforce that recruits skilled computer science professionals to be part-time adjunct high school teachers. After a successful launch in the Seattle area, TEALS is coming to the Washington, DC region in Fall 2012.Read… Read more »
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this week’s book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info The Unconscious Civilization by John Ralston Saul Why I read it I picked it up at a community book sale a few years agoRead… Read more »
This post is cowritten by AdamElkus and Alex Olesker. Before we begin, please understand just how hard it is for us to write this blog. I’ve read Neuromancer countless times, enthusiastically used Snow Crash in undergrad to talk about the future of international relations, and watched both Ghost in the Shell movies and the StandRead… Read more »
Last year was the first Swarm in Sydney- part conference and part peer support network for online community managers. The event is returning this year in Melbourne on 13-14 September, bigger and friendlier. The website is now live, with early bird rates to attend. One of the highlights of Swarm this year will be theRead… Read more »
This is the second part of a post about BlueLight Camp, an unconference for Emergency responders, and those who work with them. The session I want to talk about this time was run by Farida Vis. Farida was a member of the team that analysed the 2.6 million tweets generated before, during and immediately afterRead… Read more »
Some books deserve a closer read. One of these is The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. Follow along as I delve into the book, chapter by chapter. I’ll breakdown each chapter, providing a sort of Cliff Notes summary. And I’ll include what you can’t find in the book, such as links to the businesses heRead… Read more »
Buying a home is probably one of the biggest purchases we will make in our lives. It’s also something that many of us end up living with for an extensive period of time. In my lifetime, I have been involved in the purchase of five homes, but the tips I am going to share withRead… Read more »
The 2012 Clearmark Plain Language Awardshave been announced. As a 3-time judge for the government web and media entries, I have to tell you – this is a stellar group. The quality of entries in this awards program has improved by leaps and bounds, over the past 3 years. The winners give government agencies someRead… Read more »
Dallas (Thursday, April 12, 2012)– The RTCC (Real Time Crime Center) of the Philadelphia Police Department today launched iWatchPhiladelphia, a mobile app and “Centralized Investigational Dashboard” (CID) software suite that lets any citizen to report suspected criminal activities, respond to police requests for information, or submit photos or videos anonymously from smartphones directly to theRead… Read more »
center>Click the above image to view gallery Lynwood Police Chief Michael Mears shows off a new program for crime fighting in which an app for smart phones allows people to report crimes by sending video or audio directly to dispatchers, while he was at the police station in Lynwood IL on Tuesday May 1, 2012.Read… Read more »