Peter Orszag started blogging when he was the head of the Congressional Budget Office. Now working for the President, he has continued. You can see this on his latest blog about tax hikes, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/09/02/26/Clearingupamisconceptiontaxhikesduringarecession/. His general website, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ , provides great prominence to the blog as well. He has also provided an explanation of the value he sees in...
My video book review of a great new offering called the “The Power of IP Video” from Cisco Press. Learn how video is changing the way companies are doing business. This is a “must read” for business decision makers and executives.
Here is an interesting presentation from Lawrence Lessig on Government 2.0. It is the presentation he gave at the Cisco Public Services Summit in Stockholm in December.
Interesting article written by Lisa Guernsey on the potential of surveillance cameras in the consumer world. This reflects the change underway to capture behavioral trends and 'true communication' versus text patterns. Jeff Tracking Buying Patterns With Surveillance Cameras By LISA GUERNSEY Most large retail stores have surveillance cameras to spot shoplifters. Why not use that video to zoom in on what your customers are drawn to and how much time they spend mulling ...
I have just read a fascinating article in CIMI's Netwatcher (a subscription-only newsletter which unfortunately I cannot share here) on video, presence and social networks. The starting point is the contention that video is not really taking off and Netwatcher sees this as reflecting deeply engrained attitudes to voice vs video. From the age of two, we start using at-a-distance audio devices (phones) and at-a-distance visual devices (TVs); but phone conversations are two-way and broadly simil...