This Saturday Gabriele and I spent a fun day in New York City. We were staying in Stamford, Connecticut for the holidays so it was a short train ride into Grand Central. We saw a very funny play on Broadway that had been recommended to us, Avenue Q: http://www.avenueq.com/about.html After the play we went for […]
This past Saturday I got the 530 ready for winter by putting the set of snow tires back on the car. I bought the tires last year after an early December storm had me struggling to get up a gradual incline. Last year it never snowed again, but supposedly this year we’ll see some of […]
It’s no secret that the economic climate has made business tougher for everyone, and the tech PR business is no exception. PR is not easy in the best of economic times, demanding equal measures of strategic counsel, tactical performance and account management. Now Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is calling out bad PR actors, claiming his […]
More and more people in and around government are using the social media platform Twitter. Twitter allows users to create a community of interest and shared information via “tweets” of 140 characters or less. Government users have created a vibrant and active community using Twitter daily to talk to one another and share government best […]
Here’s a short list of stories from the post-Thanksgiving work week. Jason Perlow of ZDNet with an excellent dissection of Sun Microsystems: http://tinyurl.com/64lqhd Julian Sanchez of Ars Technica with coverage of the new, all inclusive coalition looking to catch some government cash to promote universal broadband: http://tinyurl.com/6men6w On the same topic, Doug Mohney of Fierce […]
For the Thanksgiving holiday Gabriele and I drove up to my hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. On Friday night we went to dinner at Cafe Silvium, an Italian restaurant with a strong local reputation. http://www.cafesilvium.com/default.asp The restaurant is in the Shippan area of town and only seats around 40 people at a time. The restaurant does […]
(Slightly Orwellian image courtesy of Newsweek) I’ve read Newsweek magazine since childhood. In today’s environment of ever more immediate and narrowly focused media channels, a weekly magazine cannot go very deeply into issues. But the magazine is still a useful read on the zeitgeist of the moment. So I took note when Daniel Lyons and […]
This morning I attended a packed Public Communication event put on by the Federal Consulting Group and GovDelivery. Over 120 government PA Officers and IT and Web Managers came to hear how agencies are using new digital channels and automated email alerts to better share their content with the public. We heard from a panel […]
As I wrote in an August 2 post, my 2001 530 was having trouble with its AntiLock Braking System (ABS) and traction control. The codes were lighting up on the console, signaling the system was out. I had cleaned and replaced the front sensors, and that seemed to work at first. Read the original post […]
Overwood has become one of our favorite local places in Alexandria. It opened in 2007 and offers something for everyone. The food is good, the decor is pleasant and bright, and the atmosphere is lively. We’ve been there maybe half a dozen times this year, and its time for a post. Overwood is a few […]
Tonight is a historic night, so it warrants a post outside my three usual categories. Barack Obama was just projected as the next president. There will be massive coverage in the coming days of that amazing fact, and of every other aspect of the election. So here are a few words on something that won’t […]
Earlier this week I brokered a conversation between two people I knew would hit it off. Pam Broviak is an online publisher, Director of Public Works for LaSalle, Illinois and a leading thinker about Government 2.0 at the local level. She put together a few months ago a group called MuniGov 2.0, which already boasts […]