Let‘s face it: the social media that many enterprises hail also pose big problems. Employee use of the Internet–particularly social networks–is a big timewaster. A new Nielsen study found that Americans spend 23% of their online time on social networks, with an increasing amount of that browsing time spend spent on mobile apps. Like theRead… Read more »
Private companies such as Procter & Gamble, Apple and Amazon have achieved great success by tapping into the ideas and creativity of others to co-create products and services. The success of the iPhone, iTunes and iPad has been driven by the thousands of apps customers have created on the platform provided by Apple. The worldRead… Read more »
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA) will start locking turnstiles at four rail stations as part of its system-wide transition to the Transit Access Pass farecard. Locking the turnstiles will help the agency understand how many customers are using TAP cards and how many are still using paper passes. “This will help usRead… Read more »
Ray LaHood isn’t the only one who’s On the Go anymore. This week the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) launched its On the Go! Travel Station at the first of five locations. The interactive touch-screen display allows customers to plan their trip, get real-time service alerts (including elevator and escalator status), check out a neighborhood map.Read… Read more »
Social media is now a common means of communicating, doing business and supporting career search and development. But as with everything there is a huge divide between those who adopted technology early and most of the rest of us. I was reminded on a recent family visit that there is still healthy skepticism, suspicion andRead… Read more »
Creating a visualisation of data has the power to tell a story behind the data. This article in Rustwire.com uses indicators of deprivation to create visualisations that illustrate how poverty has spread across Cleveland over the past two decades. This article by Simon Rogers in the Guardian discusses the most deprived areas in the UK,Read… Read more »
Make sure to visit the SLA Future Ready 365 Blog all this week. It’s featuring a whole series of articles from the 2011 edition of Best Practices for Government Libraries. The 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is available in PDF: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF.Read… Read more »
Well maybe not a bus… But you are about to be hit by 6 tons of space junk, formerly known as UARS. The satellite is expected to make impact sometime this weekend. Impact? Yes impact. Most of the 6 ton flying chunk of expired scientific junk will burn up on re-entry, but according to NASARead… Read more »
Some time ago, some media sources characterized the U.S. Administration’s military involvement in Libya and Syria as ‘leading from behind.’ I heard this phrase and thought: ”interesting, they’re taking a nuanced and shared approach to a conflict where our national security interests may be threatened but not clear.” Having been honored to spend a goodRead… Read more »
Several months ago, with the unveiling of the OpenDataPhilly website, the City of Philadelphia joined the growing fraternity of cities across the country and around the world to release municipal data sets in open, developer friendly formats. But the City of Brotherly Love did things a bit differently than most of it’s contemporaries. The cityRead… Read more »