Transportation campers converge in New York City
Transportation professionals, government officials, app developers, and open data fans gathered in New York City for Transportation Camp East. Original post
Louisiana creates coordinated care system for state’s youth
Louisiana is bringing together four child-serving agencies to form a Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) for youth with behavioral health needs, state officials announced last week. By combining efforts from various state agencies, the state hopes to save money, reduce duplicated efforts across agencies and increase the overall outcomes of the children they serve. InRead… Read more »
Crowdsourcing Legislation: Massachusetts Net Neutrality Bill and LexPop
The drafting of a new Massachusetts bill concerning net neutrality will be crowdsourced on the LexPop.org Website, according to a March 6, 2011 post on the LexPop blog, entitled “Co-Creation of Laws: It Starts Now”. According to the post, Massachusetts State Representative Tom Sannicandro has agreed to introduce the bill once it has been drafted.Read… Read more »
Handbook of Online Learning
The Handbook of Online Learning provides an overview of e-learning well grounded in academic theory and research.Some e-learning handbooks provide essentially a cookbook step-by-step guide to using a particular software package the teach little about education, whereas others are so full of pedagogy jargon that they are all but unintelligible. This work is at theRead… Read more »
Social Media Tips for Professionals
My thanks to Steve Dorfman, President of Driven-to-Excel, Inc. for an excellent interview on the subject of Social Media Tips for Professionals. For further insights from Steve on this topic, please see his slide deck which was presented at the Maryland Leadership Breakfast last May (see also my prior blog post) Any feedback on thisRead… Read more »
Bitterness of Poor Quality…
This was posted in a workspace I saw. I can’t identity who said it, but it’s true. Permalink | Leave a comment » Original post
Set Your Compass On “Service”
I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. Many years ago, my good friend Phyllis Preston (currently at the Federal Aviation Administration) introduced me to her father, Ed Preston. I knew Ed had worked for the federal government for many years; so as I shook his hand, I asked, “Ed…where did you work?” HeRead… Read more »
Goodreads Review: The Art of Non-Conformity
The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau My rating: 3 of 5 stars Perhaps because I’m an avid reader of Chris Guillebeau’s blog, I didn’t get as much out of this book as I thought I would. It’s still a good book,Read… Read more »
Praise and pans for NYC transportation chief
A profile of NYC transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan describes her many accomplishments and also what some perceive as a growing backlash. Original post
Chicago makes car-sharing deal
The City of Chicago has entered into a partnership with Zipcar, which is expected to remove more than 100 city vehicles from service. Original post