On the back of the Guardian article today, I thought iId share this slightly longer explanation and summary around Create / Innovate. June is a month for breaking down barriers – First and foremost Create and Innovate is about thinking differently it will be about experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection. One of the reasonsRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Home – Lincoln Matrix Richard Stallman: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs “My favorite programming language:” Google’s Go has some coders raving | Ars Technica David Wilcox » Ten pillars of wisdom: a manifesto for a better later life Passing the Public InterestRead… Read more »
The city of Atlanta has embraced technology and the data created from creative apps developed by citizens in a big way, as reported in an article at Creative Loafing Atlanta. Some examples of interesting things happening in Atlanta: Tires App– Tires dumped on the side of the road or in vacant lots is a neighborhhodRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Apple announces new $229 16GB iPod touch: 4-inch Retina display, no rear-facing camera – Apple has announced their latest iPod Touch offering. The iPod touch was a huge seller at first, because it allowed people to get into iOS in aRead… Read more »
In the run-up to GovHack this weekend, Australian governments have been hard at work preparing new or updated open data sites, many using CKAN as their base technology. This includes the new Australian Government beta data.gov.au site, the new South Australian government’s data.sa.gov.au and the NSW government’s new data.nsw.gov.au/data/. We also have Queensland’s data.qld.gov.au, Victoria’sRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Just saw a post at Semantic Web that captured the MarkLogic vision from their MarkLogic World conference. Check it out At SemanticWeb here. Here is a short excerpt: Last month at its MarkLogic World 2013 conference, the enterprise NoSQL database platform provider talked semantics as it related to its MarkLogic Server technologyRead… Read more »
As the national debate on gun policy continues, we wanted to highlight this insightful blog post from NCDD Board member John Backman, who shares a story of how deep, meaningful dialogues can take place when we simply ask questions and share personal stories about issues that matter to us. You can find the original postRead… Read more »
Another chapter of the open government initiative has been written as the White House announced the implementation of the newly minted Open Data Policy earlier this month. Designed to incorporate all forms of information, the policy dictates a new standard for maintaining data. The standard requires all data be “open and machine-readable.” By forcing allRead… Read more »
Paleo: The “caveman” diet Today I’m going to step outside my normal blog topics and talk a little bit about health, nutrition and some of the things that I’ve been doing that I believe have led to better personal and professional performance across the board. The last few years I’ve really been stepping up myRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »