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Why we need to reconsider how we do technical presentations
By Dirk Haun Technical presentations aren’t TED talks. With all the facts and figures that you have to present, it’s impossible to make them exciting. Besides, the audience expects to see all those technical details and will frown upon slides that only show photos. Right? No, of course not. The perceived lack of actual contentRead… Read more »
Reactionary Rhetoric
Yes from Bloomberg.com which means that the author most likely has an agenda… IMO a very interesting discussion of the various political arguments going on across the country but primarily inside the beltway… An article/commentary by Cass Sunstein: Don’t Buy the Slippery-Slope Argument on Guns In 1991, the economist Albert Hirschman published a biting, funnyRead… Read more »
A Boy And His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie
I don’t understand how this is even possible but… wow. Original post
Who provides the best health care in the country?
I’ve become a fan of Quora. It’s a great way to receive unfiltered, expert advice on the most random of topics. My contribution is this post. Did you know that the U.S. Federal Government provides the country’s best health care? I bet you didn’t. (I didn’t either, until after I started working there). Original post
Using Storify and Vine to Capture Gist of HP’s Government Software Summit
By Bob Gourley A big part of the value of technology events like the 16-17 April 2013 HP Government Software Summit is the personal interactions between attendees. Direct engagement with the many tech demos is also something you have to do at the event. But social media is allowing more and more of the gistRead… Read more »
Open Data Policy Evolution: San Francisco
This is reposted from the Sunlight Foundation Blog. Since the release of Sunlight’s Open Data Policy Guidelines last June, Chicago, Madison, Montgomery County, and Utah have all enacted open data laws, and the states of Hawaii and Ohio are both in the process of enacting open data legislation. However, the recent amendment of San Francisco’sRead… Read more »
Survey and Contest: Give us thoughts on the future of Hadoop in Federal IT and enter to win a week’s worth of Starbucks on CTOvision
By Bob Gourley Dear readers, We really appreciate your inputs on all matters. Please keep your thoughts coming to us via any path easy for you. We would especially appreciate it if you take a minute to fill out our survey form below. We are looking for information that can help us produce more focusedRead… Read more »
There are Many Advantages on Hiring a Veteran
Useful Recruiting Tools to Help you Find Veterans Looking for Jobs. As a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, hiring Veterans is of primary importance for Coley GSA and we believe that they make good employees. Therefore, we would like to share some information and a number of useful recruiting tools and databases geared towardsRead… Read more »
Skytree: A machine learning company focused on disrupting the advanced analytics market
By Bob Gourley Skytree is a machine learning company focused on disrupting the advanced analytics market with a machine learning platform that gives organizations the power to discover deep analytic insights, predict future trends, make recommendations and reveal untapped markets and customers. They have a deep bench of talent, proven past performance, a growing listRead… Read more »