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Making Mobile Matter

The conversation yesterday on The DorobekInsiderLive was pretty interesting. Participants included: Jacob Parcell, Mobile Programs Manager, GSA Bill Roberts, Senior Pre-Sales Consultant Federal, BMC Software Tom Suder, President & Industry Chair, MobileGov & ACT/IAC Advanced… Making Mobile Matter

AMARC Update

As some of you know, Tom Suder and I have setup a non-profit called the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center or AMARC, www.amarcedu.org.

AMARC’s three broad goals are to:

  • Increase the efficiency and optimize the delivery of government services in the US at all levels through the utilization of mobile communications technology
  • Implement such efficiency and optimization through the greater integration of academic research capabilities with government organizations and their corporate partners
  • Emphasize STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) investments, training at academic institutions and the exposure of students interested in STEM to government and academic careers

Over the last few months, we have been reaching out to thought leaders in our three constituent communities: academic, government and corporate, to get advice on where we should focus and to identify individuals who might want to get involved more actively to help us out.

Our initial activities have been to host a series of Government summits, working with MobileGov, www.mobilegovt.com; one on cloud, one on networks and July 9, one on mobile technology. I’ll do a write-up on the July 9th summit next week.

AMARC Update

My First Facebook Video

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In late 2011, Ellen and I were talking about what we might do for New Year’s, to be honest not my greatest time of year. I am not particularly a social person, or at least… My First Facebook Video

Iron Man 3 (Spoilers)

I suspect the subset of the Earth’s population which includes the intersection between those who read this blog and those who want to see Iron Man 3 but who have not yet done so is… Iron Man 3 (Spoilers)

My Appearance on the Federal Countdown, April 26

This last Friday I participated in the Federal News Countdown with Ron Sanders, Booz Allen Hamilton, hosted by Francis Rose, WFED. The transcript and audio can be accessed here, http://www.federalnewsradio.com/86/3301646/Federal-News-Countdown-Furloughs-fizzle-spectrum-search-GS-update.

The way the show works is that each guest brings three articles from their least important, number 3-3-3-3; to their most important, number well you get the idea.My Appearance on the Federal Countdown, April 26

Everything Without Wires

One of the great things about teaching classes is how much one learns from the students.

I have been teaching a capstone graduate class at the University of Maryland University College, UMUC, http://www.umuc.edu/, about the Management of Technology and Innovation for a number of years. One of the running threads culminating in a discussion in the last session (which ended yesterday) relates to future technologies.

One of the threads this year focused on wireless technologies. One of the students linked to a product called Twine from a company called Supermechanical, http://supermechanical.com/. Twine is basically a sensor box, with some coming standard built-in and some requiring additional purchase and snap-on.Everything Without Wires