Electronic billboards legalized for Big Blue Bus
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (CA) is now free to install digital billboards outside its buses thanks to a new law signed by the governor this month. Original post
Usable by Default – The Next Chapter
We are launching the next phase of our competition for designers and developers to design or develop visual or software/web/mobile prototypes and take part in an event where they can work on this with others. You can see more details on the competition site itself. As you can see below there are prizes to beRead… Read more »
But the “Experts” Say….
Creative Commons via recareered.blogspot.com There are many blogs written by “social media experts” and while they provide valuable guidance, they can also make social media feel overwhelming to the beginner. Within minutes of surfing articles online, you’ll find wisdom that suggests a person has to blog 4-7 times per week or tweet multiple times perRead… Read more »
Information Management Methodology: Part 2 – Are you sure Kelly Johnson started this way?
Last week I started documenting the “what” with an eye towards the “how” I’ve used during past engagements. This post will not be the “how” but will list some of the methods I’ve assembled through the years that will eventually become the “how”. In the previous post I mentioned listing the forms and other artifactsRead… Read more »
Amtrak adds more WiFi but with a catch
Greater Greater Washington reports that Amtrak has begun launching WiFi on its Northeast Corridor regional trains but is censoring certain websites. Original post
Kicks for free
This is going to look like an attack on one person no matter how I pen it. I apologise for this, it is not meant to be. It is simply the culmination and articulation of months of frustration and annoyance. When I first joined social media, it was much discussed that it was all aboutRead… Read more »
Online with multiple parts of your identity
I made the point at the Govloop conference on last Wednesday that unlike the model of Facebook that people have one singular identity online I, as other social scientists, predicate on the idea that individuals have lives in which we have a variety of identities. By identity I mean the way that each person understandingsRead… Read more »
TSP Talk – Good Signs for the Intermediate- Term
Breakout is a good sign,but short-term question marks Stocks rallied strongly on Friday turning what looked like was going to be a negative week into another positive one. The action comes as we head into an important weekend for the Eurozone as they continue to put together a plan to try to tame the debtRead… Read more »
Rewards and Recognition
There has been some discussion as to whether this is a good thign or not. In my view, it is a good thing as long as the system is linked the organization’s goals and reliably applied. If not, it can become a dis-incentive program.
McGrath: Towards a Bill Status Data Model
Sean McGrath of Proplyon — and a member of our community — has posted Towards a Bill Status Data Model, in The NIEM EDemocracy Initiative (NEI) Google Group. In this post, Mr. McGrath sets out “5 possible approaches to a 50-state bill status data model” for U.S. states. The post also contains descriptions of typicalRead… Read more »