Three Ways Anyone Can Contribute to Open Data Day

With well over 90 cities now scheduled to partake in Open Data Day and with several events expecting 50+ and even 100+ participants I wanted to outline some thoughts to help people who are thinking about participating but not sure what to expect or if they have anything helpful to offer. First things first. YouRead… Read more »

Great context from Jason Healey on Chinese Cyber Espionage

By Bob Gourley If you are an enterprise technologist you are probably pretty busy, right? And you are almost certainly numbed by the constant stories of cyber espionage, especially reports of data theft coming out of China. If you have been numbed with all the reporting please shake it off and dive into this currentRead… Read more »

Imaginary Relationships

A marketer was telling me how people used her product. I actually do use her product (not that she asked), and I sure don’t use it the way she said “they” do. She told a helluva story. It was much more colorful and important than the way I use it. I kinda wished I hadRead… Read more »

Peering into the BYOD Crystal Ball

GovLoop’s Chris Dorobek hosted a special live edition of the DorobekINSIDER. The hot topic of the day was BYOD and we gathered an excellent group of professionals to share their expertise on our panel. (Click here for the full recap.) We were joined by Kimberly Hancher, Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), EEOC,Read… Read more »

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

I wrote a blog recently about the value of just showing up and I think it’s a very important concept. So much of what we do, the value of what we get, and how quickly we are able to improve, is just consistency, grinding it out, and making sure that you get your repetitions in.Read… Read more »

Sequestration silver lining?

By now, we’ve all heard of the negative fallout of the sequestration, but what positive effects do you think it might have? There are obviously better solutions than this “meat clever” approach, but I’m interested to hear from you what we might gain in either the short- or long-term as a result of the suddenRead… Read more »