Australian bank glitch affects transit riders
A bank glitch affected transit customers in Victoria and New South Wales, leaving them unable to use debit cards to purchase or top up farecards. Original post
No change planned for MBTA stroller policy
After overwhelming opposition, its largest-ever response to an online survey, the MBTA does not plan to change its policy on baby strollers. Original post
INSPIRE Centre for ICT Pedagogy, Practice and Research
The University of Canberra has released the web site for their new Inspire Centre for ICT Pedagogy, Practice and Research. A building for the centre is due to be opened by the end of the year. The slide show about the centre shows a cabret style teaching room with ten nine seater circular tables eachRead… Read more »
Austral Trimaran option for Australian Navy
According to Defence Technology International, one solution to the Australian military’s lack of transport ships is a 102 meter trimaran sitting unused in Western Australia (“Good Deal”, Bradley Perrett, DTI, April 2011). The ship was built by Austral, with a hull design similar to that of the US Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral combat ships (which areRead… Read more »
Austral Trimaran option for Australian Navy
According to Defence Technology International, one solution to the Australian military’s lack of transport ships is a 102 meter trimaran sitting unused in Western Australia (“Good Deal”, Bradley Perrett, DTI, April 2011). The ship was built by Austral, with a hull design similar to that of the US Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral combat ships (which areRead… Read more »
YGL Govies Gettin Dirty For a Cause: Part II
They say a picture is worth a thousand words…but there are not enough words to describe how wonderful it was to run this race in the company of friends and for the benefit of so many who are facing great adversity. Well you met the team in “Govies Gettin Dirty for a Cause: Part I“.Read… Read more »
GovLoop Microlending Team on Kiva.org: Update
Note: everything I discuss below is from me as a private individual, not representing anything connected to EPA, the federal government, or anyone else.) Have you heard of microfinancing? The basic idea is that by making very small loans to entrepreneurs (like $25) in developing areas, you help them help themselves and contribute to theRead… Read more »
NBN, cyber-security, skills and green IT need funding in Australian Budget
Anthony Wong, president of the Australian Computer Society, has nominated the NBN, cyber-security, skills and green IT, as needing funding in the Australian Budget. He is quoted in the article “Budget for NBN education programs a must: ACS” (Fran Foo, The Australian, 4 Mat 2011). These are priorities I agree with.On its own, the NBNRead… Read more »
New Research on Sites that Publish Legal Information for Free on the Web
Isabelle Moncion of the Chair in Legal Information of the University of Montreal, and Lexum, has posted Building Sustainable LIIs – or Free Access to Law as Seen Through the Eyes of a Newbie, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, Ms. Moncion describesRead… Read more »
Is this service design thinking?
I went a couple of weeks ago to a fascinating discussion about the nature of service design, organised around a book published last year called This is Service Design Thinking. The two editors of the book were due to lead the session but were at the wrong ends of a skype three way video conferenceRead… Read more »