Beyond MetroCard: MTA unveils vision for new farecards
The MTA (NY) is outlining goals for a new fare collection system in a meeting with more than 70 technology, telecommunications and financial companies. Original post
slow computer fix
You have got nothing to bother about in case your own computer system slows a bit once in a while but if you’re encountering this issue routinely, then you must take notice of this difficulty. The sudden or even continuous cut in performance of your computer system is normally a result of a number ofRead… Read more »
WordPress just got even more funky
I was so pleased to read that WordPress have announced that you can now embed google docs and calendars into WordPress This is such a good feature that I actually believe we will start to see lots more use of “on the edge” WordPress sites as well as more mainstream sites within the public sectorRead… Read more »
How to Make the Journey Relevant
Imagine you’re organizing an event and you’re asking people to participate. You’re trying to persuade them to join you. The story you tell them should include one or more personal benefits each of them may realize by participating. In his latest post on business storytelling, Ira shared three tips for inspiring others to action throughRead… Read more »
Thin Client and Application Virtualisation at Defence
The Australian Defence Department will proceed with its Next Generation Desktop Project, using thin client computers and application virtualisation (“Next generation desktop for Defence”, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, MIN55/11, 6 May 2011). While this will deliver benefits, such as energy and cost savings, it is a difficult to implement in aRead… Read more »
Mobile Health 2011 – Mapping the Uncharted
Susannah Fox provided a powerful analogy for mobile health at the start of the Mobile Health 2011 conference last week at Stanford. She spoke of individuals moving between the kingdom of the healthy and the kingdom of the ill and when we find ourselves (or our loved ones) in that unfortunate second kingdom, we graspRead… Read more »
Democracy Implemented in XML
All 110 years of transcripts of parliamentary proceedings are now available for the Australian Parliament as search-able web content. Hansard, as the record of the Senate and House of Representatives, is known, display by default in HTML, but can be downloaded as XML (under a Creative Commons licence) for analysis.Here is an example. Starting atRead… Read more »
Geospatial & place-based public management – Forum on May 20th
The National Academy of Public Administration will be hosting a Forum on Place-Based Public Management on Friday, May 20, 2011. The centerpiece of this forum will be a Panel of federal and private-sector leaders that will (1) discuss lessons learned in developing and implementing place-based approaches to public management; and (2) identify the key challengesRead… Read more »
Tee Up For Power
I got blasted on a discussion site. A three week n00b posted that my post wasn’t pertinent to what she thought the site should be about. It was her first post on a site where I have been assistant mayor for a couple of years. I didn’t respond, what could I say? Then a budRead… Read more »
We’re Here To Sell Fish
Several years ago I worked for a small software company. My job wastech support. People would have questions, call a number, and my jobwas supposed to have answers for them. This company offered thissupport at no extra charge, setting itself aside from the rest of theindustry. But if it cost nothing for them, would theyRead… Read more »