News from Rik Panganiban of Nonprofit Commons: “2012 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Announced – This year there are TWO grand prizes of $25,000! Check it out! Engaging Learning focus area is a call for demonstrations of learning activities in virtual environments. http://fvwc.army.mil/” Original post
Posted today on opensource.com: Crowdsourced Icelandic constitution submitted to parliament. It includes a poll: Do you think Iceland’s draft constitution is a milestone for open government? and an analysis of the open government elements in the draft constituion. Yes, I actually read the majority of their constitution 😉 Last week, the Iceland Constitutional Council, madeRead… Read more »
As a writer and communicator, this has been an unprecedented week. First, I took the plunge and wrote about my dad’s recent death while also reflecting on his immigrant family “fight to life” struggles and the ebbs and flows, the highs and lows of a father-son relationship. (For the essay, email [email protected] or Click here:Read… Read more »
If culture is the organizational behavior that is not written in the rules, what happens to your culture when you add a lot of rules? Or, Software is the written record of an organization’s culture. What do you think? Check out Blah, Blah Blog at the Web Managers Roundtable, on August 9. We’ll be investigatingRead… Read more »
We recently received the following question from a PMP Exam Student:“There’s some confusion in my head with regards to some of the network diagram calculations. I’m lead to believe there are actually two methods to calculate ES, LF, ES etc etc The first method adds or subtracts 1 where applicable. This assumes that the startRead… Read more »
On August 19, 2011, the Department of Energy (DOE) will be co-sponsoring an outreach event for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses who wish to provide products or services to DOE. This event, Showcase Expo and MatchMaker, will be held in Washington D.C., and is co-sponsored by GovConectx. This is an excellent opportunity for companies toRead… Read more »
In addition to the PMP Training updates made for the changes in the PMP exam, the 1,800-question PMP Exam Simulator I recommend is also being updated for you. I received this message from Cornelius of OSP International, about this sample test simulator I beta-tested and recommend as an affiliate. Hello PMI is changing the PMPRead… Read more »
Writing in The Globe and Mail blog, Richard Gilbert asks whether technology has finally caught up to the promise of personalized rapid transit. He cites examples of automated transit that emerged from the urban transportation revolution that started in the 1960s, from Morgantown’s (WV) PRT (which he calls group rapid transit, or GRT) to theRead… Read more »
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with using Social Media to meet new people, but there is a fine line between being a Fool (as in a fool for love) and Foolish. Cumberland County freeholder Louis Magazzu desides to resign after nude photos he sent to a woman he was romantically involved with wereRead… Read more »
Curbside intercity buses like Bolt and Megabus, which pick up and drop off passengers on public streets instead of using a terminal, are attracting riders from Amtrak trains and airplanes thanks to cheap fares, WiFi, and free bottled water. In a study of 1,025 intercity bus passengers in six cities, researchers at DePaul University (IL)Read… Read more »