I suppose I should warn you that reading any further will immediately erase all doubts you may have as to whether I am a geek or not. That is, assuming there is anyone that had those doubts in the first place (Hi Mom…thanks for the Easter basket this year.)
So sports fans….tell me. Did you too [...]
World Bank Dons Data Hipster Skinny Jeans
April 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Nate Nash
Tags:data·government 2.0·international development
Gov 2.0 Summit: Vendor Smackdown
September 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Jay Hariani
At this week’s Gov 2.0 Summit, the feds seemed to have a coming out party of sorts for their new approach to IT in government – do it faster, lighter and be more transparent. Kundra & Chopra spoke about how open standards and building platforms for citizens to expound on government data should be major [...]
Tags:enterprise 2.0·gov20·government 2.0·transparency
Free Your Cloud – Make Cloud Computing Work in Government
July 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Jay Hariani
To make Cloud Computing work for government, it helps to take a step back and understand why the technology has been so successful elsewhere.
Tags:cloud·government 2.0·infrastructure
Data for Development
June 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Nate Nash
Jay and I had an interesting conversation with Peter Corbett from iStrategy Labs a few days ago. If you aren’t familiar with the firm, they are the brains behind the acclaimed data-off sponsored by the DC City Government – Apps for Democracy. The idea was frankly brilliant in both its elegance and execution. So much [...]
Tags:data·government 2.0·international development·roast beef·transparency
Drawing Lines
March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Nate Nash
My company sponsored a recent InfoWeek survey (results) and conference on Best Practices for Government 2.0. Jay and I had not only the good fortune to attend, but the good sense to remain silent while cheeky_geeky and Dan Mintz presented some interesting material to the crowd of mostly government workers. Tracy Haugen kicked off the session [...]