LA Metro launches Spanish-language blog
With Friday’s launch of El Pasajero, LA Metro (CA) will become the first major public transit agency in the U.S. to publish a Spanish-language blog. Original post
Ted Nelson on Notes in The Margin
Dr. Ted Nelson, Founding Designer, Project Xanadu in Sydney this evening said “I was here first and its all gone wrong”. This was in reference to Facebook. He argues that the last 60 years of computing has gone the wrong way, with hierarchical systems which imitated paper systems online. It will be interesting to seeRead… Read more »
North Carolina to give first responders aerial images
North Carolina has launched a statewide aerial photography project designed to give first responders a clear picture of the landscape of the state. The project will be funded through a $12.3 million grant and will provide images to 100 counties statewide. Those images will be captured in such a way to present an accurate streetRead… Read more »
CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011
The second last session of CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 is just starting. I attended because I thought this was an EDUCAUSE conference. I have subscribed to their online discussion forums for years and looked forward to attending one of their events. It was a little disappointing to find this was not one of them. The conferenceRead… Read more »
Preparing an e-Poster for an Academic Conference
In “Preparing a Poster for an Academic Conference” I discussed how I went about preparing a poster for CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011. The final poster and notes are avialable online. I prepared the poster as a HTML web page, with two sets of additional CSS formatting, for the notes and for fine tuning the printed version.ARead… Read more »
Communications Audit: 10 Critical Communication Elements for Your Career Success
Article Summary: As in the in the corporate world, a unified message is critical to your career success. Imagine you meet Jana, a prospective hiring executive at an event. Based on your brief encounter, you know she likes you since she mentioned the possibility of an available position. What do you think she’ll do firstRead… Read more »
E-books are worth it
Greetings from CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney, where Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic, University of Auckland Library talked on “E-books: how can we show they are worth it?”. Ksenija showed statistics on the borrowing of paper and e-book copies of the same works, showing the electronic versions are accessed far more often than the paper books. She pointedRead… Read more »
Navy Diver/Operations Specialist seeking federal intelligence/law enforcement/defense work, overseas pref.
Military/private security professional seeking intelligence/law enforcement/defense contractor employment pref. overseas. 2 degrees, 4 languages, 6 Ironmans, 10+ years in the Navy. Résumé at goo.gl/zvYU6 Highlights: 2 degrees (Georgetown University BSFS Economics and a TSU Master’s in National Security Studies) 4 languages (Swedish, English, French, German) 6-time IRONMAN triathlete & CrossFit trainer 10+ years of spot-freeRead… Read more »
Single Contracts Message, Multiple Mediums
This is a common complaint I hear. Maybe this will help you in your agency or company. Original Post
McKenzie Wark Through the Looking Glass
Greetings from CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011 in Sydney, where McKenzie Wark is speaking on “Alice Through the Looking Glass”. He argued that there was no millennial generation of students who are comfortable with technology. Students producing a “newspaper” still want to see it in print.I tried to find where I first came across McKenzie, so IRead… Read more »