By Bob Gourley Are you a technologist considering a career shift? Here are some resources we hope you will find of use: For networking with other technologists, join our LinkedIn group on Disruptive IT. The group focuses on enterprise technologists so you will be connecting with a wide swath of like minded professionals, which canRead… Read more »
Last week, the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) conducted their inaugural 2013 Mythbusting Awards to three Federal agencies for their work in improving vendor communications in the acquisition process. The program also contained a forum on Mythbusting, in addition to breakout sessions on various MythBusters issues related to the previous memosRead… Read more »
Great set of slides from Doug Belshaw explaining Open Badges. Can’t help but feel this could be a major win for – in particular – informal learning activity within communities. Open badges for learning: a new way to recognise skills and achievements (#cilips13) from Doug Belshaw Original post
Many obsess about what they will do in retirement and fear finding out too late – after they retire – that retirement isn’t for them. Most retirees discover early on that their time remains a cherished commodity and you will wonder how you ever worked and got anything done. I’ve been retired going on 9Read… Read more »
Where does knowledge start? How do you start gaining more understanding? It starts with you, or more specifically, when you accept that you are mortal, imperfect – that the world does not revolve around you. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom – Proverbs 9:10 Knowledge can start when you admit thatRead… Read more »
There’s a new petition created on We the People, a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, to obtain the Federal Government’s support for the Power Nap. Will you add your name? If this petition gets 100,000 signatures by July 09, 2013, the White House will review it and respond! We the People allows anyone to create andRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Toe and HTTPS | Electronic Frontier Foundation The Dark Side of E-Books To the internet giants, you’re not a customer. You’re just another user – by @jjn1 meandering thoughts on the NSA scandal from @zephoria inessential.com: How We Work Together Yocto Project | Open Source embeddedRead… Read more »
According to Doc Searls and David Weinberger: No one owns it. Everyone can use it. Anyone can improve it. From World of Ends. Original post
Can things get any worse for the embattled IRS? Like any large business, the federal government is not immune from good investments going bad, or making bad investments altogether. Unfortunately, this stereotype continues to plague public perception regarding the business of government. The entire IRS imbroglio just makes a bad situation worse. No Room forRead… Read more »
Volatility picked up last week as we saw two days with 200+ point moves in the Dow, three total triple digits moves, and none less than 75-points. Volatility is generally a bearish sign but there was some very positive activity to end the week and we’ll have to see how investors react post-jobs report. ThursdayRead… Read more »