Infographic: What’s a Security Clearance Worth?
The ClearanceJobs.com Salary Survey shows how defense industry and cleared salaries stack up – check it out at http://www.clearancejobs.com/files/infographic.html
Going hyperlocal
I had an enjoyable time on Saturday at the Talk About Local unconference, where lots of people involved in hyperlocal websites get together to share stories and experiences and to figure out answers to tricky questions. There tends to be two angles with hyperlocal – the future of local journalism stuff which I tend toRead… Read more »
Two year review – has the Australian Government delivered on its Government 2.0 commitments?
It has been almost exactly two years since the Australian Government responded to the Government 2.0 Taskforce report on 3rd May 2010. The response, which committed to implement most of the recommendations in the report, was made under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and with the support of former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner (neither of whomRead… Read more »
The Time for a Comprehensive Plan for Second Life is Now!?
Today I read a great article about digital citizenship, Digital Citizenship and the Forward Edge Transference, written by Mike Langlois, LICSW. In his post, Langlois discusses many similarities between online and offline behavior. This was interesting to me because as a local government employee, I’ve also recognized many similarities between offline communities and online spaces.Read… Read more »
Tools for writing
I use a ridiculous number of apps for writing stuff down digitally. It all depends on the context! Rough notes, ideas and that sort of thing tend to be stored in Evernote. It’s easy, and ubiquitous and everything gets kept in one place. Blog posts are written in MarsEdit, an offline editor. My local draftsRead… Read more »
Secure: Air Traffic Control Communications
Are you aware that our nation’s air traffic control communications are unsecure? Do you know that anyone can get on these communications channels and issue false air traffic control commands to passenger aircraft? Even though incidents occur at an alarming rate, our government has done nothing to correct the underlying problem, unsecured tower operations. TheRead… Read more »
Corning Continues to Help Us Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities
About a year ago Corning amazed us with a fantastic thought piece on how advanced visualization capabilities might fit in our daily lives. The powerful video they produced is here at: Corning Helps Us All Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities. They recently released a continuation of their vision titled “A Day Made of GlassRead… Read more »
Philly Borough Extends the iWatch Program to Western Suburbs
Colwyn Police Department announces the release of its new iWatch program, the latest software tool created by iThinQware, Inc. that allows citizens and law enforcement to join together in the fight against crime. iWatch puts crime tipping and crime reporting into the palm of your hand, allowing individuals to get crime information and submit crimeRead… Read more »
Are Second Life and Other Virtual Worlds the Coffee Houses of the Future?
Last year when I attended the APWA Expo in Denver, one of the speakers shared his view of how the rise of coffee houses played a major part in the advancement of mankind. It seems that prior to the introduction of coffee as a beverage, most people just drank alcohol. And if you’re familiar withRead… Read more »
TSP Weekly Wrap-Up – 04/28/12
The stock market got off to a slow start last week, but by Wednesday morning, after Apple had reported its strong earnings, the indices caught fire closing in positive territory for the second week in a row after the early April pullback. It was all green for the TSP funds for the 2nd week inRead… Read more »