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Six Ways Evangelists Can Promote Like Sports Illustrated Supermodel Kate Upton

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Recently, I wrote an essay about how the open government movement could do a better job of engaging mainstream media, and more specifically how the simultanous Transparency Camp and White House Correspondents Dinner weekend could make better connections. One criticism of this is that the WHCD is too focused on celebrities, ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, Leadership, Movies, Photos, Politics, Social Software
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White House Correspondents Dinner: Why Do Geeks Hate Nerdprom?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Recently, the White House Correspondents Dinner (AKA “Nerd Prom”) and its bevy of pre-parties, after-parties, and brunches hit Washington, DC by storm as it does every spring. But across the Potomac in Arlington, VA, a simultaneous gathering of government enthusiasts known as “Transparency Camp” occurred, sequestered from networking with influential ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fashion, Journalism, Media, Movies
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Living Science: Why Social Networks For Scientists Don’t Work (Yet)

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — A “Facebook for Scientists”? It may sound silly, or redundant, but it’s becoming more of a reality. Maybe. A new startup based in Germany named ResearchGate has already convinced roughly 1.4 million researchers to become members and begin sharing. On it, you can search your email accounts to find people you ... Read more »
Academia, Cheeky Geeky, Social Software
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Twitter Streams The Republican Nevada Caucuses

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – In case you’ve missed most of the current election season so far, you may not have noticed that Twitter — which is more mainstream than it has ever been — is working with business partners, political candidates, and news organizations to innovate how the average voter engages during their caucuses, primaries, ... Read more »
Big Data, Politics, Social Software
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Envisioning 24/7 Citizen Services

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Governments at the national and the local level have made a lot of progress toward a vision of more open, collaborative, tech-savvy government. Nevertheless, there are plenty of examples where the official or accepted manner of communication with a government agency is via old-fashioned methods — calling a toll-free phone ... Read more »
Big Data, Cloud Computing, Government, Online, Real Impact
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What’s On Your Tech Wishlist?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As the holidays approach, I asked some well-known folks in government, tech, media, and business what consumer technology they were dreaming about receiving as gifts. Here’s what they said. Angie Goff, NBC Washington anchor and tech blogger (Washington, DC): “I’m dying for a USB Typewriter for iPad (pictured right)… There’s just ... Read more »
Cheeky Geeky, Fashion, Gadgets and Mobile, Gaming, People, Reviews, Toys
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Getting A 140-Character Education

     Andrea Genevieve Michnik (Austin, TX) —   In my opinion, education in America right now looks a lot like the housing market did in 2009 — in other words, slipping down a slope on its way to a crash. Now, that’s not to say that all areas of academia are headed for disaster; there are plenty of ... Read more »
Academia, Education, Events, Quarterlife Crisis
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Sand Table 2.0: Modern Warfighters Connecting With Data

Phil West (Charlotte, NC) – In the days of General Eisenhower, war planners used small 3D models embedded in sand — a sand table — to understand and prepare for battle or other operations. And to some degree, 2D diagrams and 3D models are definitely still used. However, in the modern U.S. Army, some warfighters are ... Read more »
Apps, Big Data, Defense, Gadgets and Mobile, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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