If we can think through the pros and cons of the current technological path we are on we can make adjustments and decide what to accelerate into our lives. That is why thought leaders who are responsible for making business cases for technology or for stating advanced requirements are always looking for good articulations ofRead… Read more »
There’s been a few posts put up over on the Kind of Digital blog in the last couple of weeks and so I thought I’d do a quick pointer just in case you aren’t subscribed to that just yet. What we use Setting up a new company is fun, and part of the fun isRead… Read more »
I don’t know if it’s true in the States, but over here, when I was a child, some books in a series called Choose your own Adventure were absolutely massive. Huge, in fact. They were bartered and traded with mass excitement, boys face shiny with enthusiasm and determination to get hold of the missing bookRead… Read more »
Dr Rebecca Whittle from Lancaster University will speak on “Flood Recovery in the UK” at University of Western Australia, in Perth, 4pm 19 April 2011.In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long termRead… Read more »
Problem: U.S. Army Soldiers are enduring unyielding high operational tempo in garrison and the combat field of operations in order to keep pace with ongoing wartime mission requirements. The high tempo and increasingly common multiple deployments present many human physical and psychological challenges (Military Health Advisory Team IV (MHAT-IV), 2006; MHAT-V, 2008) that have aRead… Read more »
The Australian Council for Computers in Education released an “ACCE Position Paper on ICT in the Australian Curriculum”, 16 April 2011. The report argues that ICT will be required for students to be successful in their studies, as well as citizens and workers. ACCE therefore propose ICT appear in its own right in the nationalRead… Read more »
These are draft notes – please excuse typos. Plenary Dan Kasun, Microsoft Public Sector Key Points: Leveraging technology to make government better and more efficient is to advance ideals of freedom and democracy Time has never been better for mobile computing – we have reached a state in the business where the network is almostRead… Read more »
To Federal HR and hiring managers: The Federal Labor Affinity Group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2026660) at the Professional Outplacement Assistance Center (http://www.dllr.state.md.us/poac/) is looking for speakers in Columbia, MD, on alternate Wednesdays at 9:30 AM. Please let me know who is willing to consider this. Lauren Modine gave a great presentation in February. Thanks!
Yesterday, talk turned to the AV vote – as obviously I am about to get my first taste of local democracy/national democracy in action in our local government elections. As a result of this, we’re all also in Purdah, which means we can’t say or do or retweet anything at all even remotely political. WellRead… Read more »
There was an interesting response to my post on micro-participation, in a number of spaces – which goes to show the value in seeding your content on sites other than your own! The most active conversation was on GovLoop where the concept of micro-participation seemed to strike a chord with many people. Even better, itRead… Read more »