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  By Dennis D. McDonald

  For the period December 28, 2008 through January 5, 2009, the following are this web site’s “top ten” Managing Technology posts, ranked in descending order by a raw count of the number of visits made to these posts:

   

  Comments on the Federal Web Managers Council’s “Putting Citizens First”... Analog to Digital Converter Box Coupons Are No Longer Available By Dennis D. McDonald I’m investigating ways to give up cable television due to the expense and lack of selectivity. This morning I applied for two coupons for analog to digital converter boxes, figuring I should be ready for the February 17, 2009 transition. This is the response I got from the US government’s official TV converter box program web site: We have determined that you are eligible to participate in this program and your coupon... How We Use Media Will Drive Development of a Real Time Web By Dennis D. McDonald Why do we use media? What got me thinking about this was a recent post by Robert Scoble about  the “real-time web.” Scoble focused on evolving technical standards and processes (e.g., RSS, SUP, XMPP) that may eventually support use of the web for delay-free one way and two way communication. The tools developed so far for web based communication have been inching toward real-time communication. We aren’t there yet. Also, Scoble points out... All Posts by Dennis D. McDonald Tagged "eGovernment" By Dennis D. McDonald The table below lists the posts tagged on this web site with the category tag “eGovernment.” These are also listed here. These lists will be updated automatically as more posts are added with this tag.     Copyright (c) 2008 by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   Comments on the Federal Web Managers Council's "Putting Citizens First" White Paper By Dennis D. McDonald The “white paper” published by the Federal Web Managers Council in November of 2008, Putting Citizens First: Transforming Online Government. A White Paper Written for the 2008 – 2009 Presidential Transition Team,  contains a series of common-sense recommendations that are clearly stated — and deceptive in their simplicity: Establish Web Communications as a core government business function Help the public complete common government tasks efficiently Clean up the clutter so people can find... Eight Reality Checkpoints for Using "New Social Media" In Government By Dennis D. McDonald I’m trackingpublic announcements about the transition to the Obama administration and the emerging role for digital media and technology in the public sector. Currently a mix of messages is being transmitted by industry and government leaders and commentators. Some are overwhelmingly positive about the potential for using modern digital media to engage more people in conversations about public policy issues. Others are more cautious about the practical limitations to... Are You Building Professional Relationships or a Publishing Platform? By Dennis McDonald in Alexandria, Virginia Years ago when I first joined Linkedin I started receiving connection requests from people I’d never met before. Some were recruiters, some were fellow IT management consultants, and some were people I would probably never meet in a million years. I posted questions about this on various forums and received the sage (I thought) advice, “Go ahead. By accepting connection requests from people you don’t know, you extend the reach of your... Results of My December 2008 Ad Survey By Dennis D. McDonald Last week I experimented with putting the following ad on the front right hand page of my web site: Given the low traffic of my site I had no real expectation of making any money from clicks on this ad that led to sales. Rather, I was interested in what people might think about the appearance of the ad. I constantly tinker with the... Introduction: Blogging and Social Networking Basics for Professionals By Dennis D. McDonald I’ve been getting an increasing number of requests from friends and colleagues to explain or help with inividual blogging and professional networking practices. To help I’ve tagged a few of the entries on this web site with the category tag “basics.” If you don’t see the list below, click here. Topics covered by these links include: Defining “Web 2.0” Before You Blog Linkedin Twitter Facebook If there’s a basic topic you’d like to see addressed in this list, please email... A Fire Upon the Web By Dennis D. McDonald A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) is a science fiction novel written by Vernor Vinge. Vinge is, in my opinion, the best SF writer since the Golden Age’s Clarke, Heinlein, Asimov, and Bester. In A Fire Upon the Deep, Vinge created a universe where different physical laws exist in different locations corresponding to different levels of communications and travel speed. This got me to thinking about the different levels of computing and networking...