Do you use an outliner? Have you even heard of them? An outline is a load of text, organised into a hierarchy. It looks like a bulleted list, with content at various levels, but proper ones do a bit more than that. You can use Microsoft Word to make an outline, but dedicated tools areRead… Read more »
NEW on the #OGP blog | Civil Society Coordinator Newsletter for March 2013. http://blog.opengovpartnership.org/2013/04/civil-society-n (…) … #opengov #civilsociety Consultation now open to gather views on @opengovpart UK action plan – have your say here: http://ow.ly/jHkHT #opengov What’s next for the Open Government Partnership in Europe? http://blog.collaboratory.de/2013/03/whats-next-for-open-g (…) #ogp U.S. has fulfilled 24/26 commitments made inRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley We have previously reported on IO, the leading provider of next generation modular data center technologies. With this post we would like to highlight a video that puts some of the technology into great context. Watch here for a fast paced view of what great engineers and mission focused technology professionals deliverRead… Read more »
If you read our daily market commentary, you know that I have been all over this amazing streak of alternating daily up / down days in the S&P 500. With Friday’s decline, the streak is now 13 days going back to March 19. The good news is, if the streak continues, Monday should be aRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley The Third Annual Government Big Data Forum was held 04 April 2013 in DC. Were you there? We would love to get your input on how things went. We would value your thoughts on any aspect of this event, from logistics and admin to networking and content. If you could not makeRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley We previously wrote about the 22-25 Sep 2013 Big Data Exchange in San Francisco CA. With this post we can provide a bit more information. There is an absolutely awesome lineup of speakers for the event. Find them at: http://ctolink.us/12psNBI From the event website: Welcome to The Big Data Exchange The prospectRead… Read more »
Crossposted from: recovers.wordpress.com Low vacancy, numerous homeless people, elegant old buildings, shuttle buses to Silicon Valley… and warning, I’m going to talk about earthquakes. If it gets scary, stick with me: there’s good news at the end, ways to better understand the specific risks facing San Francisco, and some easy places to start. Let’s TalkRead… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Every organization has them, the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), the go-to people for all things knowledge in your agency. But the person with the knowledge about your programs and services may not always have the skills to present the message to your constituents; and it becomes yourRead… Read more »
This is the story of how we got involved in developing the ExAM application for Salesforce and the problems it solves for facilities managers, security personnel and executives. Below is a transcription of the above video: Yesterday’s Salesforce event at the Mandarin in DC got me excited to talk about Salesforce but I also wantedRead… Read more »
Overall, I’m quite pleased with the response to this conversation about the web we lost because one of my central points is that the arrogance and insularity of the old-guard, conventional wisdom creators of social media, including myself, was one of the primary reasons we lost some important values of the early social web. SeeingRead… Read more »