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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic How should IT address line of business users that build their own applications? in the forum Technology 9 years ago
sure Julie, you’re the human face to what is an intellectually interesting debate on a broader level. I went through the personal pains of MS Access maaany years ago but I can still sympathize! 🙂
I’d say it’s a popular topic because it’s that curious paradox situation, a conundrum where you try and balance the opposing tensions of…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy replied to the topic How should IT address line of business users that build their own applications? in the forum Technology 9 years ago
Hi Julie
I do think out of this group of threads yours is the most finger on the pulse.
Shadow software simply means that the organization has applications somewhere in there that they don’t ‘officially’ account for, ie. IT doesn’t recognize them, so they provide no support.
It’s a specifically named topic because it’s so dangerous, for the huge…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy replied to the topic How should IT address line of business users that build their own applications? in the forum Technology 9 years ago
It’s the right dynamic to support for sure, but it’s the how that’s critically important.
End user organizations that take to developing “mickey mouse” software will create a problem that they eventually come back to IT to fix. Think of all those MS Access databases littered everywhere. It’s easy to write software, it’s not easy to write…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy posted an update in the group
GovLoop Canada 9 years, 1 month ago
Hey folks
Upcoming webinar: http://SharedServicesCanada.com
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic What is Your Definition of “Business Casual”? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 5 months ago
Certainly this appears to be the root point. Ie. there’s no actual correlation between workplace performance and what you wear, but rather there’s these social dynamic and stereotypes. An office worker can’t type any faster in a suit but without one others will make judgements about them… etc.
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic What is Your Definition of “Business Casual”? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 5 months ago
I’m sure that’s the way for some people, but that is the kind of point that leads us back to the deeper rooted dynamics and a big question mark over the “truth” of this policy.
I’m working from home & sat here in shorts and sandals, and my performance is at its best, as it always is when I’m most comfortable. So for me personally, there’s no…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy replied to the topic What is Your Definition of “Business Casual”? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 5 months ago
Yes Candace, it’s always the aspect of society I find most fascinating, ie, the “rules” we bind ourselves by, for sake of whatever: Religion, professionalism, etc.
All mental prisons of some kind and very much a product of the industrial era which was all about command-and-control hierarchy. As we continue into the Internet era it will be…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy replied to the topic What is Your Definition of “Business Casual”? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 5 months ago
It certainly is a fascinating topic, a keen insight into the nature of the personal dynamics involved in the workplace.
I mean, obviously there’s no actual relationship between what you wear and the work you do. A suit and tie does nothing to affect your abilities to do your work, and indeed on hot days they’re really quite inappropriate and…[Read more] -
Neil McEvoy replied to the topic What is Your Definition of “Business Casual”? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 5 months ago
A thong, pair of sandals and a t-shirt that says ‘I’m with stupid’ and an arrow pointing up at me.
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Neil McEvoy started the topic Open Government Cloud Computing in the forum Government 2.0 Club 9 years, 6 months ago
Hey folks
Here’s the intro webinar for ‘Open Government Cloud Computing’:
http://OpenGovernmentCanada.com
A replay of Microsoft, Cisco and other Cloud experts explaining how the ‘G-Cloud’ can enable more Open Government.
Cheers
Neil.
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Neil McEvoy posted an update in the group
Government 2.0 Club 9 years, 7 months ago
Here’s my new white paper: ‘Enterprise 2.0 Networks – Best Practices in Unified Cloud Computing’.
This describes the intersection between enterprise social media, unified communications and Cloud computing, and applies this to achieve Open Government 2.0.
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic Data as a Service in the forum Microsoft Productivity for Government 9 years, 7 months ago
Awesome!!
I’d love to cover this in the upcoming Open Government Canada webinar : http://OpenGovernmentCanada.com
We’re pioneering something similar in Canada, the ‘G-Cloud Open Data Platform’ :
http://open-government.net/2011/05/30/g-cloud-open-data-platform/
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Neil McEvoy started the topic Cloud guide for Canadian CIO’s in the forum Open Government Canada 9 years, 7 months ago
Here is a very nice publication I’ve helped IT World Canada create to offer CIO’s an introductory guide to Cloud Computing:
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Neil McEvoy posted an update in the group
Microsoft Productivity for Government 9 years, 7 months ago
Here is a great guide Microsoft sponsored in Canada, a business guide to Cloud for CIO’s. I provided some input on page 8.
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic Open government, transparency or something else? in the forum Forum Discussions 9 years, 7 months ago
How about ‘Open Reporting’ – That’s the most universal descriptor I can think of. I think a layman would catch on.
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Neil McEvoy posted an update 9 years, 8 months ago
@1dezl82iao821Hi David
I’m organizing http://OpenGovernmentCanada.com
Wanna play?
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic I don’t know what this cloud thing is, but I gotta get me one in the forum Microsoft Productivity for Government 9 years, 8 months ago
Hey folks
I wrote a paper on exactly this, ie how Microsoft Cloud Computing can enable Public Sector Transformation:
http://open-government.net/2011/04/26/open-government-cloud-computing/
Like any IT, the key is to identify what new capabilities are enabled, and how do these relate to the political policy objectives..
Cheers, Neil.
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Neil McEvoy started the topic Open Government Canada – Webinar in the forum GovLoop Canada 9 years, 8 months ago
Hey folks
Here’s the outline agenda for an Open Government Canada webinar. Whatcha think? Pls let me know any additional ideas for speakers, agenda etc.
http://OpenGovernmentCanada.com
Cheers, Neil.
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Neil McEvoy replied to the topic Osama Bin Laden Dead… Thoughts? in the forum Miscellaneous 9 years, 8 months ago
I think it’s a shame we’re still not yet evolved enough to find jubilant celebrations of any one’s violent death inappropriate, nor wise enough to avoid it because ultimately it wishes the cycle back upon ourselves.
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