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Microsoft Returns To USA Science & Engineering Festival

Donna Woodall (Washington, DC) — Microsoft is back at the 2nd Annual USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held at the Washington Convention Center in DC on April 28-29, 2012. As an “Einsteinium Sponsor” this year, we’ll have a gigantic area including our Worldwide Telescope display, Xbox and Kinect applications to health, education, and ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Contests, Education, Laboratories and Research, Leadership, Why Microsoft
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Creating High School Adjunct Computer Science Teachers

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – While nearly all aspects of modern life are being influenced by technology, the computer science industry has a dirty little secret. Despite the fact that computer science majors end up with higher lifetime earnings than just about any other major, remarkably few people actually major in computer science. In numbers: There’s about ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Corporate Citizenship, Education, Leadership
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Should Governments Crowdsource Science Research Funding?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Recently, I wrote about the trials and tribulations of social networks focused on scientific researchers. I painted a fairly dim picture. Some people disagreed with me at the Huffington Post and other places. Nevertheless, it is clear that there are those in the scientific community who are interested in disruptive ... Read more »
Academia, Citizen 2.0, Government, Health, Laboratories and Research, Social Software
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Entreprelooza! A Celebration of DC Area Entrepreneurship

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Startup DC in partnership with Startup America and Microsoft has announced Entreprelooza! is occuring on Tuesday, March 6th at what was previously a Borders bookstore on 18th and L St. NW in Washington, DC. It will be a 70,000 square foot celebration of all things geeky, startup, and entrepreneurial ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fashion, Movies, Philanthropy
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Gov 2.0 LA Conference 2012 Announced

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – The third in an annual series of Government 2.0 LA (Gov 2.0 LA) conferences has been announced with a tentative speaker list. As in past years, expected speakers are diverse and distinguished. They include: Nigel Cameron, President of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (London, UK) Lewis Shepherd, Director of the Microsoft ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Events, Government
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Ask What Technology You Can Buy For Your Country

Kim Nelson (Chevy Chase, MD) — It’s the holiday season, and as usual there is a media frenzy over consumers, what they are buying, and more importantly, what it may or may not mean. In the issue of Time that I received on Cyber Monday an article by Stephen Gandel titled “The Shopping Bag Indicator” outlined ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Education, Gaming, Government, Health, Next at Microsoft, Retail, Social Software, Video
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Five Public Sector Safety Apps

Joel Reyes (Charlotte, NC) — Every month in Publicyte, I’ll be describing the top five apps for Windows Phone 7 that fit the current themed issue. Last month, I brought you five great Connectivity apps. Today, I describe five fresh apps having to do with the diverse topic of Safety. They are: Drugs & Medications: Drugs ... Read more »
Apps, Citizen 2.0, Civic Hacking, Gadgets and Mobile, Health
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Gen Y: Socially Responsible For Survival

Andrea Genevieve Michnik (Austin, TX) — It’s a common misconception that Gen Y is full of selfish, lost 20-somethings. But while we may not know exactly what we want to do with the rest of our lives, and occasionally claim to be suffering from a Quarter-Life Crisis, I think we appear “selfish” as a ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Corporate Citizenship, Philanthropy, Quarterlife Crisis, Real Impact
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