Tips on SharePoint Deployment Services

My thanks to Mack Sigman and Jay Dennis of ActioNet, and to Greg Valentine of WINS for being guests on the February 25 episode of my “Collaboration Tech Talk” Show! Here are some additional reference links on SDPS as covered in this interview: Planning Services, and Software Assurance Topics SharePoint Deployment Planning Services Brochure AnyRead… Read more »

GSA Schedule Sales Query

Lately I have been using the GSA Schedule Sales Query often to help clients conduct research regarding sales made using GSA Schedule contracts. This tool is incredibly useful in providing historical sales data across different categories from the past five years. I wanted to provide an overview of how the system works and some possibleRead… Read more »

Pulling, Not Pushing: How To Make Me Pay Attention

In my previous post about online listening, I mentioned RepKnight, a soon to launch lightweight tool for tracking keywords across social media services. In this guest post, RepKnight’s Lyra McKee talks about getting people’s attention online without irritating them. Social media is like the Internet in 1999; no one’s quite sure how best to useRead… Read more »

The Curious Case of Media Opposing Government Transparency

My gosh there is a lot going on. Republicans – REPUBLICANS(!) who were in charge of America’s prison system are warning Canada not to follow the Conservatives plan on prisons, the Prime Minister has renamed the government, after himself and my friends at Samara had in Toronto the Guardian’s Emily Bell to talk wikileaks andRead… Read more »

A “Basic” Travesty

I usually like to start these blog posts with a light-hearted introduction, but this subject is too serious for anything less than brutal and direct honesty. More than 41,000 Pennsylvanians lost their health care this week, and the responsibility lies squarely at the feet of Gov. Tom Corbett. AdultBasic was a program that provided workingRead… Read more »