danah boyd (Cambridge, MA) — “At what age should I let my child join Facebook?” This is a question that countless parents have asked my collaborators and me. Often, it’s followed by the following: “I know that 13 is the minimum age to join Facebook, but is it really so bad that my 12-year-old isRead… Read more »
An initiative by Civic Commons is set to establish Open311 as the global open standard for civic issue tracking. Open311 is an API that will interface with local authority CRM systems, and enable applications developed independently then to link in with the CRM. It is also one of the elements that we will be workingRead… Read more »
The mayor of London drove the first new TfL bus off the production line last week. The hybrids will be 15% more fuel efficient than existing hybrids. Original post
Mo System, a Munich start-up, wants subscribers to use public transportation or rent bicycles and cars with a single card and earn rewards for doing so. Original post
Two weeks ago I managed to seriously fracture my humerus bone. I had to have surgery to put a titanium plate with 8 screws into my arm so that the bone could heal properly over the course of the next 6 months. While the benefit of having surgery after a fracture is not having toRead… Read more »
Transform! Migrating to Shared Service Cloud Computing – Webinar Canadian Federal Government recently announced plans to create a single IT department ‘Shared Services’ that will save $100-200m a year through consolidation-driven efficiencies. Our webinar will: Introduce ‘Enterprise Cloud Computing’ Explain how it is applied in Government Specifically how it can be utilized to achieve theseRead… Read more »
By: TVR – a 28 year veteran First Responder A Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll taken just prior to the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks indicated that 61% of American’s polled thought another attack was likely. Compare these results with a similar 2009 survey, which found that that just 16% ofRead… Read more »
Picture this. You’re going through your typical weekend to-do list. Sweats and tennis shoes in full effect as you navigate the usual’s. Grocery run; done. Walmart; check. You’re cart pushing out the store and make eye contact with…. Your boss. Yep, they shop at Walmart, wear weekend sweaters and mostly matching weekend caps. Lady FortunaRead… Read more »
Final video describing the Hack4Reno civic hackathon event in downtown Reno, Nevada on Oct. 15-16, 2011. I talk about this Gov20 event, including hackers hacking, open government, Tropo, civic developers and more. Watch the video to find out who won the hackathon contest. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Original post
What do these numbers have to do with your TSP account? They are the daily point movements in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (up and down) in 9 of the last 11 trading days. The only 2 days that did not see triple digit moves in the last 11 days were the last two Fridays,Read… Read more »