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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Twitter - explained in 140 characters
Greatest explanation of twitter ever:
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Friday, March 06, 2009
America move Forward
From the New York Times
First Federal Chief Information Officer
Perhaps not surprisingly, President Obama has formed a close friendship with the District of Columbia’s young, Blackberry-addicted, problem-solving mayor, Adrian Fenty. Now, the president has raided Mr. Fenty’s staff to name a youthful, Indian-born techno-whiz as his first federal chief information officer.
The White House said Thursday that it had selected Vivek Kundra, 34, the chief technology officer for the District, to the federal position, where he will be expected to oversee a push to expand uses of cutting-edge technology. He will have wide powers over federal technology spending, over information sharing between agencies, over greater public access to government information and over questions of security and privacy.
But he will also – as Mr. Obama mentioned twice in the space of a six-line comment distributed by the White House – look for ways to “lower the cost of government operations” through technology.
Mr. Kundra’s background seems to suit him well for both aspects of the job. Born in India, he lived in Tanzania until the age of 11, when he moved to the Maryland suburb of Gaithersburg. One of his first memories there, according to a profile last month in The Washington Post, was of seeing a dog-food commercial on television. “I was shocked,” he said. “I was used to seeing people starve in Africa. It was mind-boggling to me that people could afford to feed their dogs!”
He appears to bring a similar tight-fisted mentality to his oversight of technology in 86 District agencies.
In just 19 months with the District, Mr. Kundra has moved to post city contracts on YouTube and to make Twitter use common in his office and others. He hopes to allow drivers to pay parking tickets or renew their driver’s licenses on Facebook.
First Federal Chief Information Officer
Perhaps not surprisingly, President Obama has formed a close friendship with the District of Columbia’s young, Blackberry-addicted, problem-solving mayor, Adrian Fenty. Now, the president has raided Mr. Fenty’s staff to name a youthful, Indian-born techno-whiz as his first federal chief information officer.
The White House said Thursday that it had selected Vivek Kundra, 34, the chief technology officer for the District, to the federal position, where he will be expected to oversee a push to expand uses of cutting-edge technology. He will have wide powers over federal technology spending, over information sharing between agencies, over greater public access to government information and over questions of security and privacy.
But he will also – as Mr. Obama mentioned twice in the space of a six-line comment distributed by the White House – look for ways to “lower the cost of government operations” through technology.
Mr. Kundra’s background seems to suit him well for both aspects of the job. Born in India, he lived in Tanzania until the age of 11, when he moved to the Maryland suburb of Gaithersburg. One of his first memories there, according to a profile last month in The Washington Post, was of seeing a dog-food commercial on television. “I was shocked,” he said. “I was used to seeing people starve in Africa. It was mind-boggling to me that people could afford to feed their dogs!”
He appears to bring a similar tight-fisted mentality to his oversight of technology in 86 District agencies.
In just 19 months with the District, Mr. Kundra has moved to post city contracts on YouTube and to make Twitter use common in his office and others. He hopes to allow drivers to pay parking tickets or renew their driver’s licenses on Facebook.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What tools am I using now?
This probably needs more thought over the course of the next couple of days, but right now I am into Twitter, Blogger (using blogger 1.0 widget for my text posts) and Google Docs for all my teaching!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Some Ideas for Lent...
1. Need to train more for the 2 Oceans Half
2. Need to spend more time reading the bible
3. Spend more time in prayer with my family
4. Write more on my blog about thoughts and ideas
5. build good relationships with those around me to strengthen my personal support structure
6. spend some time researching something valuable to improve my teaching
2. Need to spend more time reading the bible
3. Spend more time in prayer with my family
4. Write more on my blog about thoughts and ideas
5. build good relationships with those around me to strengthen my personal support structure
6. spend some time researching something valuable to improve my teaching
Why have I not blogged for a while?
Well, it has probably just been pure lazyiness! I haven't thought that I have too much to say, but in truth I need to start putting more of my thoughts down in text, rather than thinking about them. This way I can look back over time and appreciate how my ideas have developed or how my view have changed. It is a good method of letting God speak to me. As Lent approaches, very quickly, I fear I will let the 40 days slip by very quickly. This is something that I hope will keep me honest and in check. Here is holding thumbs!
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