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Feedback on Technology Items in City of Austin Budget 23 Aug 2013 | 07:19 am
I'm down at City Hall, waiting for the hearing on the city's FY2014 budget. Here are my notes on feedback I want to share with the City Council, regarding budget for some technology-related matters. ...
LG Optimus G Sprint: Zero to Meh in Microseconds 10 Nov 2012 | 10:27 pm
My old HTC Evo 4G phone died week before last. I had to buy a new phone. I was tired of bumping up against the memory and processor limits of this phone, and swore my next phone had to be a quad-core ...
My Election Endorsements 26 Oct 2012 | 08:52 pm
Yes, it's a looong ballot. For what it's worth, I'll share my decisions and some of my reasoning. What I'd like to do is start with the Austin Chronicle endorsements, because I pretty much agree with...
It's Time to Create a Civic Innovation Office at Austin City Hall 11 Sep 2012 | 09:32 pm
6:30pm update: This afternoon, Austin City Council approved a budget that includes funds to create an innovationn office. http://austintexas.gov/news/city-council-adopts-fiscal-year-2012-2013-budget ...
Call to Hack, Civically 31 Aug 2012 | 10:05 pm
Next, weekend (Sat., Sept. 8, all day), Code for America is sponsoring a Hack-a-Thon, their second this year. As Alan Williams explains: Civic hackathons are about making things happen. At civic hac...
Central Texas Bar Camp: Hack Your City 9 Jul 2012 | 02:33 am
I did a presentation "Hack Your City" at the Central Texas Bar Camp yesterday. It was intended to be a demonstration presentation on open government and open data resources. Unfortunately, due to A/V ...
Find It Nearby: A Mobile-Enabled Web Application with Austin Government Data 16 Mar 2012 | 07:20 am
Support for open government data is an emerging national trend. In January of this year, the City of Austin unveiled its data portal at http://data.austintexas.gov. On February 21, Code for America sp...
wp-spamspan Protects WordPress Blogs Against Spam Harvesters 21 Feb 2012 | 10:29 am
Nearly two years ago, I published wp-spamspan in my Software Archive. Good things come to those who wait: I finally published it in the public WordPress Plugins Directory: http://wordpress.org/extend/...
Angry Neighbor Email EXTRA! Defective Rhetoric and Facts Edition 10 Feb 2012 | 10:09 am
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Angry Neighbor Email, Neighborhood Crank Edition 6 Feb 2012 | 05:48 pm
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