I recently got into a pretty healthy argument with somebody I’ve known a very long time. Afterwards I felt pretty bad about it but as I thought it about it more, I realized that we’ve had plenty of arguments over a long period of time and we’ve always ended up coming around. Either somebody wouldRead… Read more »
Calling all repo managers, coders, designers, civic-minded volunteers: we want you! Today we’re kicking off The Great American Civic Hack—a three-month campaign to clean up the top civic repos and make them fork and merge ready. The campaign will feature four to six repos for national collaboration. The managers of these repos will identify issues,Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Platfora is enterprise grade technology that brings the power of Hadoop to any analyst that needs to get value from data. They are a game-changer in the Big Data field. But one of the best things about Platfora is it is incredibly easy to understand what they do and what sets themRead… Read more »
GSA Advantage sales reached a total of $506 million in 2012. Below you will see some of the important statistics of how GSA Advantage sales were broken down by # orders, # items, and sales. We also provide a breakdown of sales by GSA Schedule. One of the most noticeable patterns I see is thatRead… Read more »
Everything in life is becoming a balance of convenience versus control. Only, it’s not so much of a balance as a mass grab for convenience. Sometimes this doesn’t matter, sometimes it does. Take food for instance. We love the convenience of ready-made meals! Those microwaveable lasagnes make cooking so easy – you don’t need toRead… Read more »
Are you need of career advice? Do you have doubts about how important a network can be in your career? Do you love Lionel Richie? We have the perfect person to help you. Alice has built a successful local government career through top notch work in cities throughout Oregon including Gresham, Milwaukie, Roseberg, and Tualatin.Read… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Google lets iOS apps direct users to Chrome instead of Safari – iOS is notoriously locked down. Unlike Android, users cannot choose the default app for certain actions (writing mail, web browsing or mapping). Google has set their own apps toRead… Read more »
I was struck this weekend by a beautiful metro car ad featuring the Partners in Preservation campaign to support 24 historical places in the DC metro area. My interest was naturally piqued by the combination of historic sites (I love history, worked for a museum) and social media engagement (I may or may not beRead… Read more »
The brilliant Comms2point0 guys let me post on their site last week about messing up on Twitter. I’ve republished here but if you get a minute take a look at the amazing resource they have on their website for communications people. Of all experiences we have when using Twitter for our work, blunders, cock-up andRead… Read more »
Yesterday a colleague at work and I were discussing the feasibility of creating infographics to use as exhibits at public meetings for projects. We didn’t necessarily think they should be used in place of what is already done, but instead used to enhance understanding of the project. But we could not think of any examplesRead… Read more »