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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I had arrived in Jordan the night before. Best my circadian rhythms could tell, it was about 0100 and I seemed to have been cheated a few hours in transit. Jet lag is a funny thing. Kinda the cheap strip club of consciousness. You know it isn’t real, but man…the scenery is deceptively attractive, hours are [...]

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The city isn’t really prepared for it when it comes. Drainage is a more a wish than a planning construct. Windows, roofs, and dusty umbrellas all seem surprised when asked to perform their intended roles, protesting through errant drops. Nonetheless, rain is so infrequent that complaints are muffled by the relief of water arriving in [...]

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In the the latest evolution of my never-ending quest to spend way more time determining whether I am productive, than actually being productive, I signed up for RescueTime. It is a relatively painless process that includes a little client app the monitors what you do on on your computer, then reports back to the RT mothership. [...]

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