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 […]
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 […]