Ticking through the years
Metro-North Railroad (NY) officials relocated a historic pre-digital clock within Grand Central Terminal. Original post
Nelson from Project Xanadu Speaking in Australia
Ted Nelson, Founding Designer, Project Xanadu is speaking in Australia: Melbourne 4 Apri, Sydney 6 April, Brisbane 12 April.The Computer World Could be Completely Different Theodor Holm Nelson, Founding Designer, Project Xanadu Co-presented with the Department of Media and Communications, and Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney Fish, they say, aren’t aware of water.Read… Read more »
Open Plan Learning Centres for Primary Schools
St Monica’s Primary, North Parramatta (NSW) opened a multi-purpose learning centre last May. Funded by the Australian Government Building the Education Revolution, the centre has an open plan area accommodating up to 200 students. The students are divided into groups by stage of development (not strictly by age) with two teachers and an assistant forRead… Read more »
Google Engineering and Insights Into Human Nature
Humans organize to get big things done. And for years leaders and thinkers have tried to optimize organizations. You have no doubt studied this yourself. Do you remember reading books like “The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong” or perhaps the true genius of Scott Adams in works like “This Is the Part WhereRead… Read more »
Center for Future Civic Media
The Center for Future Civic Media is “developing the emerging ‘Fifth Estate’ of participatory news, media, and civic change. Civic media is any form of communication that strengthens the social bonds within a community or creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents. Civic media goes beyond news gathering and reporting. Learn moreRead… Read more »
Providing the Blueprints for Improved Government/Industry Communications in the Acquisition Process
As part of Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra’s 25 point plan to improve the management of Federal IT resources, a vital component in need of attention is the poor state of communications between government and industry. Although this fact was highlighted in Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFFP) Administrator Dan Gordon’s Mythbusters memoRead… Read more »
NPR’s Writer’s Almanac
I have started listening occasionally to Garrison Keillor’s daily Writer’s Almanac on NPR on my commute into work in the morning. These segments are also available (in text or podcast) at this link. I find his brief, 5 minute notes on historically significant figures (tied to that day’s date) and poetry readings to be compelling.Read… Read more »
Federal Sustainability and Green Government e-Newsletter #30
Subscribe to CEIL’s e-newsletter by visit: www.ceileadership.org Home Focus Areas Networking Podcasts News GOVgreen Products Green Government Update March 25, 2011 In This Issue From the President Federal grant to reduce waste produces results From the CEIL Blog This Week’s Top Stories Featured News Quick Links CEILeadership.org CEIL Blog GOVgreen Podcast Series GOVgreen Videos CallRead… Read more »
ANU Flexible Learning Policy
Professor Ian Young, Vice Chancellor of the Austrlaian National Unviersity (ANU) has been consulting staff on what should be in a new strategic plan. The current plan “ANU by 2010”, mentions “flexible modes of learning”. This has been implemented through initiatives such as the ANU’s Wattle Learning Management System and the Digital Lecture Delivery System.Read… Read more »
Information Publication Scheme Draft Agency Plan
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has issued a “Information Publication Scheme Draft Agency Plan” for comment by 28 March 2011. The document describes how the OAIC proposes to provide details of its own information. The document discusses information architecture, what information is to be published including that required by the FOI Act, accessibility,Read… Read more »