Sydney’s monorail may be torn down
Infrastructure NSW, overseeing plans to redevelop Darling Harbour Convention Centre, has signaled an interest in proposals without the Sydney Monorail. Original post
Creating Your Total Life List for 2012
Thanks to author, Bruce Rosenstein, for this thoughtful and practical guest post on how to start your year off right by simply making a list. Read on… As we begin 2012, many of us will be looking for new ways to organize and improve our life. One reason that taking advantage of a new beginningRead… Read more »
DC/SLA Upcoming Events: Librarians in Transition, League of Lethal Librarians
DC/SLA has some great programming in place in January. Here’s a quick rundown… DC/SLA Members in Transition Description: First 2012 meeting of the DC/SLA Members in Transition group for members who are in a job or career transition and would like some additional support. The group meets on a regular basis to network, exchange jobRead… Read more »
Federal Law Librarians SIS Meeting – LexisNexis Update
DC Area Librarians: LLSCC’s Federal Law Librarians SIS is having a brown bag lunch program: LexisNexis Update with Marie Kaddell. Here’s the notice with all the information: Program Description: Marie Kaddell will provide an update on LexisNexis, including a look at the new LexisNexis Advance and LexisNexis ebooks. Bring your lunch and learn about newRead… Read more »
Ethical Oil and the Northern Gateway Pipeline Process
This piece is cross-posted from the Toronto Star’s Op-Ed Page. This week the “ethical oil” argument adopted by the federal government took an interesting twist. While billions from China pour into Canada to develop the oilsands and fund the construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline, on Monday the government announced its desire to revise theRead… Read more »
GoodNeighbors.net – Mapping Human and Tangible Resources
GoodNeighbors.net is a web-based database free for anyone to use to pool and publish alphabetized lists of resources and track frequency, levels and types of engagement at the grassroots. It was developed as an on-line Open Space architecture where individuals and groups function as a whole integrated system at all levels of community. Enter NCDDRead… Read more »
New Year’s Resolution: Put Your Geek Powers to Work For Good
Does your New Year’s resolution involve inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders, engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, and fostering well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership? If so, is this a vision statement you can get behind? “To transform our culture by creatingRead… Read more »
Should Local Government Offices Develop Customer Service Plans?
On April 27, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive Order titled Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service. The Order directed each federal agency within 180 days to develop a Customer Service Plan that addresses how the agency will provide services in a manner that seeks to streamline service delivery and improve the experience ofRead… Read more »
Yearning for a Quality Web Experience
Http://LeonardSipes.Com Holly Finn from The Wall Street Journal writes about Humanizing the Web where she addresses deeper meanings from the online experience. The Internet is blazingly fast with people who run madly from page to page; skimming and not reading. The pace is tiring and the online experience becomes less than satisfying. We yearn forRead… Read more »
SF utilizes hackers to modernize computer systems
Last Friday, January 5, Code for Amerca co-hosted a press conference with Mayor Lee and the City of San Francisco, where we announced our partnership in CfA’s Seed Accelerator and discussed ways in which we can use technology to improve San Francisco. KGO, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate of ABC, stopped by for aRead… Read more »