I recently participated in a discussion with the networking team at VMware about network virtualization and specifically Software Defined Virtual Networking (SDN) which will support the efforts to virtualize servers and enable the centralization of… Software Defined Virtual Networking (SDN), Nicera
One of the two major areas of focus for me these days is AMARC. I am working with Tom Suder, the President of MobileGov on setting AMARC up.
We just finished setting up our webpage, www.amarcedu.org.
We are in the process of creating an Advisory Board consisting of Academic, Government, and Corporate members to provide intellectual direction for AMARC and to provide support for the Summits and Annual conferences where AMARC will be the host organization and/or involved.
If your company is interested in joining, if you need additional information and/or you would like to get involved, please use the “Contact” link on the webpage or contact me directly. I would be glad to meet with/speak to/write about mobile technology issues to help get each of you involved in this very important activity.Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center (AMARC) – WebSite Is Up
I thought it might be useful to talk a little bit about what I am doing.
At this point in my career, my interests revolve around how to improve the provisioning of services and products to the Government on one hand and the ability of Government to make use of these products and services more effectively on the other.
I have been posting information about our Seder now for a number of years; for those interested they can look at one of the following links:
This year our focus is to look at the choice for freedom that was made in the Exodus story and to consider some of the reasons people might have to support a change to freedom or to resist it.
The Haggadah we use is called A Different Night, http://www.amazon.com/Different-Night-Family-Participation-Haggadah/dp/0966474007/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363877819&sr=1-1&keywords=a+different+night+haggadah.
Below the jump I include the beginning of the instructions I wrote up to help me organize the evening as well as the quotes we will be using this year. Those who have looked at my previous entries much that is repeated and a bit that is new. The instructions explain how we approach going through the Haggadah.
Monday at 10:30 am, I found myself at Northwood High School in Silver Spring MD with Bette Brotman Dolan. I went to Northwood as did Bette.
When I was in high school, we both rooted for the Northwood Indians. In these politically more sensitive times it is the Northwood Gladiators. Evidently it is more acceptable to have a nickname honoring people who were often slaves and fought to the death, or killed wild animals, to entertain crowds, but I digress.
There is a Facebook page where former students of Northwood can check into the status of classmates and teachers, or ask questions that typically start with “You went to Northwood High School if you remember <something from the distant past>”.
Earlier this year, a teacher currently at Northwood asked if any graduates were willing to talk to a class about their current profession and to provide advice for students who will be entering the job market in the near-term future. Perhaps a dozen or so former Northwood students answered. By chance the two people who responded who had careers in technology, Bette and I, both graduated in 1966.
Saturday, March 16th, was our last day at the Nationals Spring Training in the Viera/Melbourne area. The game was on MASN and was scheduled for 6pm so we spent a mostly leisurely time during the day. Of course, leisurely for me meant working on grading participation in my UMUC class.
We had lunch at one of the restaurants that has become a favorite of ours when we visit, Cedar’s Café, http://www.cedarscafe.com/. This is really a wonderful middle-eastern restaurant. We have met the family who owns it and does much of the cooking a number of times. They spent some time showing Ellen how they made the food which has made our visits a bit more special.
Today was an away game in Jupiter against the Cardinals. The Cardinals are one of the few other East Coast Florida teams, we have gone to a Jupiter game almost every year we have gone… Our Annual Nationals Spring Training Pilgrimage – Day 3
It is always great fun coming to Nationals Spring Training. For those of you who have never done so, I would recommend it (either for the Nationals if that is your favorite baseball team, or for whichever team is).
The weather is pretty nice, especially the further north you live, the pace is informal, the fields much smaller and intimate and the opportunity to run into players either at the game or in restaurants or similar locations much higher.
We flew down Wednesday morning. I actually had some business to transact for our first stop.
Nationals Spring Training Pilgrimage – Two Days Down, Two To Go
Last night, Ellen and I attended our first “live” event at a location different than the event itself. We had seen advertisements for these often at movie theatres, often for opera performances. This one, seen… The Magistrate
It’s great when what you do best and enjoy most are the same thing. In my case, helping people and organizations become the best they can be really does it. Achieving organizational and business success… ESEM Consulting LLC