Archive for July, 2009
Daily Digest | Making Health Care Myths with Data Visualization
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:20 No CommentsTweet Daily Digest | Making Health Care Myths with Data Visualization # Seeing Your Own Reflection in Health Reform Visualizations When we heard about the National Taxpayers Union’s new visualization comparing the words being used by President Obama to describe health care reform and the actual words in the House bill, we decided to take [...]
A Growing Gap Between Gov 2.0′s Haves and Have-Nots?
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:15 No CommentsTweet A Growing Gap Between Gov 2.0′s Haves and Have-Nots? Last week in Washington DC occurred the Open Government and Innovations Conference (OGI), put on by the Department of Defense and the latest in a steady stream of conferences dedicated to the intersection of government, politics, and tech. At least I don’t think there have [...]
Journalists’ forum shocked by release of ULFA militant
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:11 No CommentsTweet Journalists’ forum shocked by release of ULFA militant The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Thursday expressed dismay over the acquittal of the sole surviving suspect in the murder of Assam’s leading journalist Parag Kumar Das. We are deeply saddened that despite the lapse of so many years, justice has not been done for the [...]
Web 2.0 Meets Public Engagement in Nanotechnology
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:06 No CommentsTweet Web 2.0 Meets Public Engagement in Nanotechnology The UK government is taking this idea of public engagement for nanotechnology quite seriously. And it seems that the interactive capabilities of the Web 2.0 was just the tool they needed to put this seriousness to work. First we had BIS (Department for Business Innovation & Skills) [...]
Booking Customised Dreamweaver CS4 in-company Training
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:00 No CommentsTweet Booking Customised Dreamweaver CS4 in-company Training One of the key components of Adobe CS4, Dreamweaver is an outstanding environment for developing web content. If you have invested in this sophisticated example of software, it makes sense to ensure that your staff knows how to take advantage of it effectively. Having permitted them a week [...]
