Zipcar goes public and paves the way for more car-sharing options
Zipcar went public on Thursday with an initial public offering, and other start-ups see a bright future for car-sharing. Original post
Legalizing bribery, plea in Carib News case, cooling off periods, and more in political law links of the day
SETH GODIN ON TRANSPARENCY. Here (where he also discusses legalizing bribery). GUILTY PLEA IN CARIBBEAN TRIP CASE. Roll Call reports. ”The New York newspaper publisher who organized an annual Caribbean conference attended by some members of the Congressional Black Caucus pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about how the 2007 trip was financed.” TheRead… Read more »
Don’t touch! GOOD’s followers offer advice to new transit riders
GOOD asked its Twitter and Facebook followers what advice they would give to new transit riders. (Hand sanitizer was a popular response.) Original post
Smart card branding bamboozles commuters
Last week the New Zealand Transport Agency announced the new HOP card for Auckland and now there’s a Snapper card as well. Original post
Cloud Storage Can Enhance Your Data
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Cloud storage appeals to enterprises as a less-expensive alternative to building and maintaining a full-blown storage system. Leveraging cloud services to house your data off-site enhances efficiencies, increases flexibility, improves security and cuts cost through reduced personnel and hardware investments. The most common uses ofRead… Read more »
How you could change your office culture in one day, and why you will never do it
Do you want to know how you can change your office culture in a single day? Blow it up That’s right, blow it up. Have everyone come in jeans and t-shirts and break out the power tools and tear the walls down. Why you never would Your gut reaction tells you that you can’t. YouRead… Read more »
Lessons learnt from local council website redesign by Kevin Brewer from Derby City Council
Last year, I started a group exclusively for local govvies on Huddle called LocalGovWebStars with some help from a good local gov buddy of mine, Ken Eastwood (Assistant Director at Barnsley MBC and founder of publicsectornomads.com) to talk about website redesign projects in local gov. The group resulted in some very interesting discussions and tips.Read… Read more »
Come Dine With Me: Local Gov Web Usability Tasting Menu.
It seems many of us are working on all sorts of different stuff nowadays. I’ve been listening to everything that’s going on in local government and feeling quite overwhelmed with how much is going on (even with the budget cuts!). We still have lots to worry about but with even fewer resources. There are aRead… Read more »
Reshaping public services online by getting the basics right
Frustration There is nothing more frustrating than being in government right now if you are looking for change or motivation in your work. With almost no funding available, fewer colleagues to carry the burden, feeling of loss and uncertainty, we are facing an all time low. Everyone knows that with fewer resources, it makes itRead… Read more »
Local Gov Website Redesign: Some questions for local gov webbers
Website Redesign Questionnaire Checklist Having been involved with Camden Council’s website redesign, I myself have had some lessons to be learnt like Kevin Brewer from Derby City Council. However, I’ve realized that after talking to several web development teams across local government here in the UK, we all operate or are structured very differently fromRead… Read more »