The Accessibility Forum 2.0 blog recently started a series on mobile apps and their accessibility to people with disabilities. First they looked into the question of how Section 508 relates to mobile apps. Then they discussed their accessibility in more detail. Copies of both posts are included below. Mobile Web apps and Section 508 MobileRead… Read more »
Al Malinchak gave the latest episode in the further adventures of Sister Maria Tyrannica today at the Human Resources Leadership Forum, titled On Wednesdays We Wear Pink, from the influential leadership blog of the same name. Al has two strong skills. One, he and Jimmy Buffet are the reigning chroniclers of post-Altar Boy development, andRead… Read more »
The 2nd annual CityCamp Colorado was held on October 28, 2011, with about sixty participants from eighteen cities and counties around Colorado, several private IT sector leaders, members of academia, and the engaged public. (Cross posted from the Open Colorado website, http://opencolorado.org/blog/citycamp-colorado-recap-2/) Here’s a rundown of how the day went: Opening remarks from Tom Downey,Read… Read more »
Government buyers can now use the Accessibility Resource Center to find accessibility information on the product or service they intended to buy. The Accessibility Resource Center contains an alphabetic list of many company websites with links to their product and service accessibility information, including VPATs when available. Many of these companies participate in the BuyAccessibleRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The homeland security and justice and public safety markets had many familiar trends in October, with next generation 911 (NG911) projects taking a large portion of state and local spending. The other major player was narrowband radio systems, which will likely continue to have a strong presence until the FCC’sRead… Read more »
I’ve been thinking a lot about these two types of graphs at the moment. This first is a single chart that shows income growth for various segments of the US population broken down by wealth. This second is a group of graphs that talk about pageviews and visits to various websites on the internet. WhatRead… Read more »
(l to r) Arlin Godwin, Nick Fitzhugh, Mary Ratliff, Anthony Brenneman, Jackie Steven Directors are auteurs, in charge of hundreds of people and with millions of dollars at their disposal, right? Think again. Easy-t0-use cameras and Internet technology allow anyone with a story to tell to make a movie. This was highlighted by the recentRead… Read more »
Two cloud computing groups are coming together to create industry standards for managing cloud computing environments. The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) are joining forces to focus on interoperability and simplified cloud management. The partnership is working to create interoperable management of virtual machines spread across several dataRead… Read more »
Very bust week in politics and social media Dept. of Homeland Security looks to monitor social media ow.ly/7iTlT CIA monitors Facebook, Twitter: Five million tweets a day zd.net/rOVnS6 Facebook surveillance claims first campaign victim ow.ly/7inDU In Social Media and Politics, Engagement and Influence Trumps Follower Count ow.ly/7ih3D How Presidential Candidates should use Social Media bit.ly/rvqYj5Read… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: Many of you will remember Joel Fleiss (www.eppora.com) from our past interviews with the PMI LA Book Club. We heard him review one of Patric Lencioni’s books. But Joel is more than just a book reviewer, he is a senior project manager and project management consultant inRead… Read more »