It’s a new financial year, and that seems an appropriate time to share my plans for the future. Following a really enjoyable couple of years at Learning Pool, we’re going to reshape my role as Community Evangelist to enable me to focus on some other stuff. In particular, I’m launching a new business. Kind ofRead… Read more »
I was in a local cafe the other day working on a Kanban training course I’ll be making available sometime soon. I grabbed the usual coffee for fuel and then a sugar avalanche of a toffee bar caught my eye. And I bought it. Because I have no impulse control whatsoever. I chewed the firstRead… Read more »
POPVOX. As usual, e.politics enlightens with a link to a piece about a new tool for eadvocacy called PopVox. JETS ON THE TARMAC. The Times reports. “Once a candidacy is official during primary season, and travel requirements become far greater, campaigns usually start with small chartered jets, ‘like a Lear 35 or a Citation II,’Read… Read more »
Please join me as I interview on “Collaboration TechTalk” Portal Solutions CEO Daniel Cohen-Dumani on how best to drive user adoption of SharePoint. The interview will take place this Friday, April 8, 8:00 – 8:30 AM Eastern Time. You may either listen live or to a later recording at this link. Questions just prior orRead… Read more »
The City of Industry plans to build 1,000 carports at the Metrolink (CA) commuter rail station, which will be equipped with photovoltaic solar panels. Original post
SEPTA presented plans for its new fare system which will accept payment by credit or debit cards, cell phones, or electronic SEPTA cards. Original post
The NZ Transport Agency announced Auckland Transport’s HOP smart card, the first phase of the region’s integrated ticketing system. Original post
Last week the White House and the Federal CIO announced that the source code of the cost-saving IT Dashboard has been made available to the public and other government agencies. This first open source release will serve as a starting point for communities of interest to adapt the code to their own needs and developRead… Read more »
Illinois is expanding broadband statewide by deploying regional groups called eTeams. According to Broadband Illinois, the partnership that manages broadband deployments statewide three regional eTeams have been established to manage specific areas of the expansion in a more manageable way. Each eTeam will be responsible for planning their local broadband deployments and developing a growthRead… Read more »
On 4 April, I attended Social Media in Times of Crisis — a symposium held by the Eidos Institute at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane. The day was designed to address a number of issues covering public and government use of social media tools in crisis situations, use by first and subsequent respondersRead… Read more »