The cities of Arvada, Colorado and Boulder, Colorado recently entered into an MOU to “co-develop/enhance” a PHP-based web content management system originally developed by Arvada IT staff. This innovative product is both feature-rich and social media focused. The city of Boulder will be using the CMS in its new website design scheduled to go liveRead… Read more »
According to a recent GovWin IQ study by Deltek, spending on government IT will decrease spending from $121 billion in 2012 to $113 billion by 2017. Budget pressures and IT mandates are driving this change. But, there is a silver lining. Cybersecurity and health IT will be growth areas, and IT cost-savings initiatives will beRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, First – I just wanted to take a minute to thank those of you have already generously supported my IndieGoGo campaign (if you haven’t clicked through yet, I wish you would!). Second – I had a couple of people contact me asking me how to send me a cash donation (because you don’tRead… Read more »
Welcome to the Creative Content Coaching blog, where I write about Publishing, Social Media, and Web Presence. Here are some highlights from each section: Publishing I explain what all the fuss is about with ebooks and digital publishing. A video interview with Todd Sattersten on why books are really start-ups. How to be smart aboutRead… Read more »
Lauren Hockenson writing for TheNextWeb.com on Zynga, creator of the FarmVille social gaming series: What a difference a year makes. In August 2011, social gaming and in-app purchase godfather Zynga was riding high. It had come off of one of the highest profile IPO filings just a month previous, and its play on secondary marketsRead… Read more »
One of the questions that my team members and potential employees have asked me a lot over the last few years is “what are you looking for in an ideal employee?” We just finished a performance review cycle here where I worked with a few members of my team on their development plans for theRead… Read more »
It’s a bit about ourself, but yesterday, The Canberra Times ran a feature on acidlabs’ founder, Stephen Collins, touching on his work, his passions and the creation of TEDxCanberra. If you’d like to get a little deeper inside the mind of one of Canberra’s big ideas people, you should read the article. Original post
Nope, not a drug bust, just one of the back offices at Cupertino Here are today’s top tech news stories. While Apple had a “disappointing Q2,” they have managed to now reach $620B in Market Cap – I did not understand the analysts’ concerns with Apple’s Q2. With no major releases or announcements, it wasRead… Read more »
When things change over time and we live through the changes, we often don’t notice their scale or impact on our behaviour or thinking. It’s like growing up – you don’t wake up each day thinking ‘wow! I’m a millimetre taller’ – but your uncles and aunts notice the difference as they see you lessRead… Read more »
By Dennis D. McDonald Directive number 7 in Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel’s May 23, 2012 federal API strategy Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People states the following: 7. Improve Priority Customer-Facing Services for Mobile Use. The general public and our government workforce should be able to access governmentRead… Read more »