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January 2009
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USA Today Profile of WordPress and Mullenweg
USA Today has a good profile of the WordPress open source blogging engine and its founder, Matt Mullenweg.
AJC Article About Metro County Administrators
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday had an interesting article about Atlanta area county administrators. The article was actually about the administrator of Cobb County being lured to work in Paulding County, but the article discusses metro administrators in general.
The interesting tid bit I read was that the chief counsel for the Association County Commissioners [...]
Video Clip from WIBW
Here’s the clip of my pictures on WIBW, the CBS affiliate station in Topeka, that was shown Friday. Thanks to Josh Mabry for contacting me in the first place and putting this video on YouTube.
A Social Media Friday
This past Friday turned out to be a crazy day. It was a crazy busy day at work at the Unified Government, but it started off even crazier. And it ended up being a case study of how the random connections made between individuals through social networks can work to benefit others.
I walked out the [...]
Knowshon Thanks Fans in ABH
It appears that Knowshon Moreno took out a full page ad in today’s Athens Banner Herald to thank Georgia fans. Here is the online version. Thank you for everything you’ve done, Knowshon Moreno.
Gmail Much Cheaper Than On-Site Email
Ars reviews a report by Forrester Research about the cost of providing email for an enterprise. They find that Gmail (specifically Google Apps) can cost up to one-third less than hosted, on-site email provision. And a lot of that cost savings comes from dealing with spam and malware (which Gmail has great filters for). CIO.com [...]
Local Government Use of Open GIS
Linux.com has a good article about local governments that use open source mapping and GIS. Some of the uses, including fire permitting in Minnesota, are innovative uses of GIS.
Israel Consulate Twitters War
The news recently has covered the Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Ars Technica reports that the Israeli Consulate in the United States is using Twitter (here) to get out their message. The Consulate is even answering questions from Twitterers (like this question). The Consulate’s blog is here. I am [...]