This Week in Startups review

I wanted to take a few minutes to write a quick review for one of my favorite podcast. If you have not heard of This Week in Startups (thisweekinstartups.com) you really should check it out. Not only does it give good insight to the fast paced world of Web 2.0 startups it also gives you [...]

Translator APP

So I have this idea that I will probably never make, but I would like to share it. With all the new technology that is coming out in portable devices I would like to see a Translator app. My idea is to be able to use the cameras on cell phones and OCR technology to [...]

Government Scrambles to Fix an Unfixable Issue.

If you have been anywhere near a TV, Radio, or Internet news site you have probably heard the word ConFlicker. I’m not here to talk about this internet terror itself, but I am here to talk about the actions that people are taking. As the title of this post says, the state is scrambling to [...]

Tally Talks

Just an idea Would anyone be interested in an every other month get together, for 2ish hours, where you would have 3 or 4 people give a 15 minute speech/lecture on a tech type topic and Q&A afterward? Think TED, but local Tallahasseeians giving mini-lectures on technology topics they find relevant. It could be anything [...]

One way Web 2.0 social media could help federal, state, and local government.

There are so many ways for government to waste money, but learning a little from social media websites, like Facebook, governmental offices could learn to solve problems through crowd sourcing existing staff from around the nation. The government has a wide range of technologies that it uses from Mainframes to SQL servers to Helpdesk software. [...]

Amendment 2 proves we are still not there.

This blog is in response to a Facebook comment about my Twitter status. November 5th I made this comment on Twitter, “I am SO HAPPY about the Presidential election. I am sad about amendment 2. It hurts my heart that we can’t accept people for who they are.” My Twitter account auto changes my Facebook [...]

I Have Questions, Do You Have Answers?

I have not had a chance to update my Blog in a while and wanted to get something up. I was trying to think, “What can I blog about?” I came up with nothing. Soooooo, I thought I would pose a few questions and see if I can get some ideas about what to write. [...]

Mail Goggles. Don’t Drink and Email

  For all those people (like me) that think Google is hilarious, well they have done it again. Google has launched Mail Goggles.    The officail line from Google  “Google strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next [...]

New College Graduate Desperately Seeking Progressive IT Environment.

Until about three weeks ago, I had never heard the word millennial used in the context of referring to a specific group people. I first heard the word when I was in an hour long IT session, Web 2.0 Technologies. The presenter used the term millennials to describe college students who will be entering the workforce [...]

2008 Florida Government Technology Conference

I will be going to the today and tomorrow. The theme this year is “Government IT Saving Green by Going Green” (see banner below) Currently I am schedule to see five “breakout sessions” and hopefully one Keynote tomorrow. Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  Web 2.0 TechnologiesJoe ClarkFlorida State University,Center for Teaching [...]