Some good pieces from last week worth a look and/or a bookmark. Jason Hiner and Bill Detwiler of ZDNet pick the top 10 IT products displayed at Gartner’s IT Symposium 10/13 — 10/16: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10502&tag=nl.e539 Tom Lowry of BusinessWeek (link courtesy of CircleID) takes a shot at handicapping who could be CTO in a potential Obama […]
The Social Media Club of DC had a meeting dedicated to Government 2.0 Wednesday night. Unfortunately I was unable to attend, but my Strategic Communications Group colleague Bill Murray was there. Bill wrote up his thoughts, and I’m happy to post them here. Bill is very experienced in the b2g field, having formerly worked as […]
Mike Grehan recently wrote a piece on ClickZ that really rang true for me. Mike is a long time player in search marketing, and cuts right to the chase when describing why many clients can’t get their sites to rank highly in search engines: Your business model is flawed or ill-conceived. And your Web site […]
Here’s your Friday roundup of (hopefully!) interesting tech news. Have I missed one you’d include? Drop a comment and let me know. Stephanie Condon of CNET on a new DHS study that finds that private sector companies that operate key part of the nation’s infrastructure need to do more to protect against cyber attacks: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10066318-38.html?tag=nl.e703 […]
Today I paid for an item online using PayPal, which would not usually be a blog worthy activity. But this time it was a frustrating experience, due to a recent (apparently) change PayPal has made in the process. In the past I’ve enjoyed using PayPal, and always chose to use a credit card. This way […]
Some tech news from this week worthy of another look. Larry Dignan at ZDNet writes on online ad growth, reviewing the IAB/PWC numbers, which have been the gold standard since the boom days. Ad spend is up over 15% for the first six months, but what about the second half? Simply put, knowing what happened […]
Last week I took part in a fascinating discussion around Government 2.0, i.e. the use of Web 2.0 tools by government agencies. I connected my client Scott Burns of GovDelivery with Mark Drapeau, who has made a name for himself locally by blogging on Government 2.0 on Mashable. Mark is an Associate Research Fellow at […]
A collection of technology stories from the week worthy of some additional attention. Amidst the wrangling around passing the financial bailout, the Congress passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act. Proponents hope it’s a first step towards increasing the percentage of broadband penetration in this country, a rate that continues to fall as compared to other […]
When Gabriele and I eat out we almost always order wine. But except for a very fun evening at Evo Bistro back in April, we haven’t checked out any of the wine bars popping up around the DC area. So when the October Washingtonian magazine gave Cork its highest “four glass” rating (along with Evo […]
Here’s a selection of stories that came out in a week dominated by financial bailout news. Dana Gardner at ZDnet with a very good post about the coming standardization around cloud computing. Dana believes that customer lock in will come from superior exectution, rather than proprietary hardware and software. I hope he’s right: More important than in past […]
Gabriele and I recently had an excellent dinner at the Majestic, in the heart of Old Town. Last year Cathal Armstrong and his wife Mechelle took over the Majestic, along with a few other partners that include former Governor Mark Warner. The long time landmark delivers good food, strong service and a fun vibe: http://www.majesticcafe.com/maj_new.html […]
Friday morning I attended an Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) National Capitol breakfast. Congressman Tom Davis was the speaker, a Republican representing northern Virginia. Davis announced last year he would not be standing for re-election. He’s widely credited with being the most informed member of Congress on government IT and procurement issues. Here’s an interview […]