You may recall that I wrote a short article about BrightScope and how its use of open government data, in this case PDF files delivered on CDs on a regular basis, led to a profitable new business, generating jobs in the process. For me, profitable businesses that are generating jobs are a success. However, IRead… Read more »
I wrote about Kapost not long ago, noting that I was beginning to try out this beta application. Kapost is essentially a multi-user blogging platform where your community can come together to further to share their blog posts. It is separate from your blog but useful in that you can easily move content from KapostRead… Read more »
This post began as “Is Everyone a Leader?.” I quickly realized that this is truly determined though the crashing together of needed skills, desire or duty, the situation, and timing. John Wayne typically played characters that are leaders – people follow him over the hill or turn to him for “The Plan.” To the contrary,Read… Read more »
Hi Folks – I’ve been very remiss in participating in Govloop of late. I have been swamped by my day job and in preparing for the Gov 2.0 Conference held here in Australia. CeBIT Australia’s Gov 2.0 Conference took place 3 & 4 November at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra. There were some great speakers. SenatorRead… Read more »
Seasonality becomes a big factor (I don’t know why this formats the way it does. Please bear with me. Thanks) Stocks started last week on a down note, continuing the pullback from the recent highs. But by the end of the week the market began to rebound and most of the stock indexes finished higherRead… Read more »
Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mr. Robert Duffner, director of Product Management for Windows Azure, as part of his “Thought Leaders in the Cloud” series. In this interview, we discussed: Actual government IT successes, especially using cloud computing Deconstructing the hype around cloud computing and talking about its real characteristics andRead… Read more »
Last week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held their second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop. Skillfully shepherded by Ms. Dawn Leaf, the agency’s senior executive of cloud computing, the event reinforced the US Federeal government’s move towards the cloud. Of particular note to me was the cloud computing simulation model project, knownRead… Read more »
Part 1 in the series, Business Development is to Marketing, comprised of excerpts on Ms. Quesinberry’s Suite101 column of her upcoming business development book due for release in 2011. Whether in the throes of an initial business plan or evaluating a success-driven international enterprise, BD (business development) is the mechanism deployed to secure or maintainRead… Read more »
Your email inbox is overflowing, your phone is ringing constantly, and your assistant is on vacation. Requests are pouring in for more detailed information about the council meeting, and you haven’t even turned on your computer yet. If only you could check-off the most important post-meeting task, “Finish Minutes,” within an hour of arriving intoRead… Read more »
This week, Code for America hosted a webinar to discuss our plans for the 2011 projects and how you can get involved. We were thrilled to see the great turnout, as well as the lively conversation happening on twitter. (For example, @govnerdgrrl: “Code for America webinar just talked about a Foursquare type app built on…JohnRead… Read more »