Techlog

It was 63° today and the snow has finally melted off most of the sidewalks. So I made it over to Starbucks and had tea this afternoon. It was so nice getting out of the house and enjoying the warmer weather. Maybe winter is finally over, after all it’s almost St. Patrick’s Day! I could sure go for a Guinness or two about now.

The mayor of Pittsburgh has declared a state of emergency in advance of flooding. Hopefully people are prepared, Especially those in flood prone areas. The weather forecast is expecting rain the next few days on top of melting snows in the higher elevations…..

The last few weeks I have been using my Netflix account to watch a ton of movies… plus the on-demand cable. Now that the weather is getting nicer I plan on being outside more as soon as the 1 foot of snow and ice melt off of my back deck….

Listen!

Two minute chat - short and useful if you are interested in e-voting/e-politics.

Listen!

Two minute chat - short and useful if you are interested in e-voting/e-politics.

“January 2008: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown praises the winners and finalists in the e-Government National Awards” from an official YouTube channel. Note the comments have been disabled - so not exactly interactive and hardly encouraging of democratic discourse? Here’s a link to a short local news video suggesting web 2.0 etc may not be having the impact some would hope.

“January 2008: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown praises the winners and finalists in the e-Government National Awards” from an official YouTube channel. Note the comments have been disabled - so not exactly interactive and hardly encouraging of democratic discourse? Here’s a link to a short local news video suggesting web 2.0 etc may not be having the impact some would hope.

This video was filmed in Summer 2007 but remains relevant. Of course specific examples would have moved on and things like social networking are now much more important but the core issues remain the same. Just a “talking head” video of me talking about it but I know students have found this useful in the past and I’m sure you will too.

This video was filmed in Summer 2007 but remains relevant. Of course specific examples would have moved on and things like social networking are now much more important but the core issues remain the same. Just a “talking head” video of me talking about it but I know students have found this useful in the past and I’m sure you will too.

Short but I hope useful video from May 2009 highlighting some key themes around the topic of e-government; including the distinctive e-services/e-voting strands. Some aspects of this topic link in nicely with material from the social networking, computer mediated communication (CMC) and Tesco lectures.

Just realised I originally uploaded this video on my dad’s (last) birthday. Gone but not forgotten. Mam too…

The IC Virtual Career Fair will offer hundreds of career opportunities available in a diverse array of disciplines, including:

• Cybersecurity/Information Assurance
• Engineering and Physical Science
• Foreign Languages*
• Information Technology
• Intelligence Analysis
• Law Enforcement
• Many others

Note: The majority of positions are located in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. Not all opportunities are available at all agencies.

*Proficiency in one of the following languages is highly desirable - Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Mandarin, Pashto, Somali, or Urdu.
At the IC Virtual Career Fair you will be able to:

• Visit virtual booths for Intelligence Community agencies
• Chat with recruiters in real time
• Apply to job openings
• Network with other job seekers
• Watch live presentations
• Download electronic brochures and videos

Best of all there are no travel expenses and suits are not required!

The following Intelligence Community Agencies will be participating in the event:

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 

By Gerald Internet Anthropologist, Competitive Intelligence services.
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The IC Virtual Career Fair will offer hundreds of career opportunities available in a diverse array of disciplines, including:

• Cybersecurity/Information Assurance
• Engineering and Physical Science
• Foreign Languages*
• Information Technology
• Intelligence Analysis
• Law Enforcement
• Many others

Note: The majority of positions are located in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. Not all opportunities are available at all agencies.

*Proficiency in one of the following languages is highly desirable - Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Mandarin, Pashto, Somali, or Urdu.
At the IC Virtual Career Fair you will be able to:

• Visit virtual booths for Intelligence Community agencies
• Chat with recruiters in real time
• Apply to job openings
• Network with other job seekers
• Watch live presentations
• Download electronic brochures and videos

Best of all there are no travel expenses and suits are not required!

The following Intelligence Community Agencies will be participating in the event:

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 

By Gerald Internet Anthropologist, Competitive Intelligence services.
CI toolbar at http://iasec.myuniversitytoolbar.com
Terrorist toolbar:
http://cigars.bravepages.com/head/iaterror.htm