Social media has gotten a bit of a bad rap during the Boston bomber manhunt. But I think Airbnb’s effort to help provide housing assistance during the scare is a better representation of the role social media can and should play during a crisis. Original post
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: ROUGH JUSTICE: Jo Smith is clearing her name GIS Watch 2012 article: Who is doing what when it comes to technology for transparency, accountability and anti-corruption Goldilocks for grey-haired geeks The market for paid iOS apps isn’t dead Writing guidance for the service design manual HowRead… Read more »
A while back I was working on a project to change an alley from a typical asphalt driveway to a pedestrian walkway. Because it is in a downtown area, this project allows for many design opportunities to enhance the downtown area and the pedestrian experience. During its planning stage, we had a lot of inputRead… Read more »
Volatility picked up last week as the Dow started the week with a 266-point loss on Monday, then a 158-point gain on Tuesday, another 138-point loss on Thursday, then an 81-point loss on Thursday and, even though the Dow was up only 10-points on Friday, the S&P 500 was up almost 1% on the day.Read… Read more »
The Boston bombings terror is finally over. Now it’s time to address some vexing questions about how and why this national tragedy occurred in the post-9/11 era of the Patriot Act and Big Brother. To wit: Why was the national intelligence community completely unaware of this terrorist plot? Is it possible this insidious act couldRead… Read more »
Posted by John Verrico, NAGC President-Elect Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 A great sigh of relief went out in the Boston area – and across the country – this evening with the successful capture of the second Boston Marathon bombingRead… Read more »
As a service designer, I’ve been involved in building the way a significant number of programs, products and tools hang together. And, as someone who works relatively often with government, where many agencies, policies, regulation and in the end, people, need to come together to make something happen, I’m usually called upon to deal withRead… Read more »
The Internet has changed the nature of learning. Pre-Internet, the chore was finding facts and then assembling them, an additive process. Now,we have more facts than we can use, and the game is to subtract the dross to get to what works. In a similar vein – This month we’ve seen several guys who hadRead… Read more »
Are you considering a career in the Federal Government but you want to enter the Federal space in the correct way? That is what I was thinking about 18 months ago. I was happy in my job as a coordinator in international development but I really wanted to get into the Federal system. My storyRead… Read more »
Are you a local Washington, D.C. metro area Master’s level student looking to become a “Govie” with the Federal Government? We have a full time, paid, development program for students who want to rotate in our different areas of HR at the NIH. Do you want to take your career to the next level andRead… Read more »