It has been a while since I have written for this blog. During this hiatus I have been working on a wide area network project that has been all consuming and it is budget time for us. Our Web 2.0 initiative has continued with modest growth. Two additional departments have started blogs, our web pageRead… Read more »
Has anyone heard when the 2009 edition of the A-11 will be available from OMB? I was on their web site this morning and there’s nothing. Appreciate the help
Out with the old and in with the new. At some point in all of our lives, we gone on a cleaning binge where we throw out all of the old stuff we’re no longer using. So what about social media pages. In an effort to keep up with the exponentially expanding web 2.0, I’veRead… Read more »
This post was originally posted on my blog, Talking Salmons. Link to Mashable story. So, looks like Koobface is back. They’ve added some twists to the virus that made headlines last month. Viruses are the most frequent reason policy makers cite when moving to ban social media in the military workplace. However, I wanted toRead… Read more »
Washington Post Staff Writer Monica Hess Friday, August 7, 2009 What happened Thursday, in 140 characters: Twitter went down. Facebook went down. People panicked, unused to not oversharing minutiae of life. Twitter back up. Facebook back up. Phew. At 9 a.m., millions of users of Twitter.com found themselves unable to access the microblogging Web site,Read… Read more »
Yesterday, I posted a forum topic asking about experiences with government-issued Macs. The responses were great, and very helpful. The post was prompted by a development at work – I happily volunteered to participate in a 2-week trial period with a MacBook Pro…My desktop PC will be taken from me and replaced with the Apple.Read… Read more »
Yes, we’re bringing FOSE to a desktop near you! This time you don’t have to come to Washington, DC to experience the #1 rated Technology Show for Government. It’s available from the comfort of your office. For over 30 years, FOSE has been the one IT event known government-wide as the annual meeting place forRead… Read more »
I’ve noticed that momentous changes to the rules by which we all live and work often start out on the frontiers, then flow back inward. New ways of doing old business, new industries, even shifts in societal and family rules are often hatched out of necessity by out-there, pragmatic pioneers who seek a better way,Read… Read more »
In this dark time of economic downturn I keep reading that many folks are not travelling. They are taking “staycations”. This is where they take their vacation leave and just stay home or do day-trips around their region to save money. If that is your thing, then ok, but really, travel can be done withoutRead… Read more »
Lately I have been thinking a lot about things that get in the way of effective leadership decision making. Two common diversions off the rocky road of decision making are overconfidence and pride. Let’s talk about them. Overconfidence bias in decision making is big-time real. Research has found that, when people believe they are 65Read… Read more »