TriMet to tighten up security
As TriMet (OR) announced a $1.2 million TSA grant for security cameras at 10 light-rail stations, The Oregonian asked questions about crime and fare evasion. Original post
Congress considers transport tech grants
Congress is considering establishing a pilot competitive grant program to bring transportation technology to six cities. Original post
Fools Gold
I’ve always liked April Fools, I love what other people do and it makes me smile when people go to a lot of effort just to be good-humoured or tell or share funny jokes, conduct and perform hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication. To do the same any other time of year justRead… Read more »
Learning to Love Email
I’ve beaten wikis to death in this space. I’ve presented arguments about how we can use them more effectively, why we need to shift how our organizations look at them, and even tried to explain how enterprise wikis change the traditional relationship between accountability and responsibility. In so doing, I think I may have overlookedRead… Read more »
Houston METRO to consider natural gas buses
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (TX) is looking into the feasibility of adding natural-gas buses to its fleet. Original post
Innovation and eDiplomacy — The importance of internet freedom and the use of technology to enhance international affairs
This morning, I attended an event at the US Embassy Public Affairs Unit in Canberra designed to discuss matters of eDiplomacy and use of online tools in diplomatic and international affairs efforts. The event, being hosted specifically for an Australian audience by the State Department included a conversation with Alec J Ross (he is @AlecJRossRead… Read more »
Think We Don’t Need to Teach Local Government in School? Read This!
A few days ago, I noticed a Tweet indicating someone was extremely angry about a video on YouTube. Normally I would not click on something like this, but for some reason I followed the link and found myself watching a man who was very upset that the “government” was pulling out a basketball pole inRead… Read more »
Learning To Teach Online Online
UNSW has a series of “Learning To Teach Online Episodes”. These consist of about twenty videos with sets of notes. The videos are five to then minutes each in interview format. The notes are about five pages of useful content, with some very useful references (and three pages of marketing material). This should be veryRead… Read more »
Creating a Lasting Company in an Age of Accelerating Change
Most people who start companies these days don’t seem to really want to create lasting ones, the types that will still be around in fifteen years or more. Most entrepreneurs seem to be more focused on getting their startup acquired by a bigger company as quickly as possible, for as much as possible. And maybeRead… Read more »
Congress cuts Data.Gov
Originally published: http://collaborynth.com.au/blog/congress-cuts-datagov Once again someone is doing it wrong on the internet and I feel I need to point it out. In this case, the someone is the United States congress, which as part of its budgetary battle with the whitehouse has decided to reduce funding for a range of Gov2.0/Open Government initiatives fromRead… Read more »