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Living Science: Why Social Networks For Scientists Don’t Work (Yet)

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — A “Facebook for Scientists”? It may sound silly, or redundant, but it’s becoming more of a reality. Maybe. A new startup based in Germany named ResearchGate has already convinced roughly 1.4 million researchers to become members and begin sharing. On it, you can search your email accounts to find people you ... Read more »
Academia, Cheeky Geeky, Social Software
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Six Ways Politicians Can Use Pinterest

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — If you were living in a cave during the last quarter of 2011, you may have missed out on hearing about Pinterest – the hottest new social platform to hit the tech scene in some time. Judged by leading tech blog TechCrunch as the best new startup of 2011, Pinterest ... Read more »
Celebrities, Defense, Fashion, Government, Politics, Social Software
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The Gamification Of National Security Research

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Keeping in its tradition of being one of the most innovative branches of the Federal government, the U.S. State Department, along with others, is sponsoring a independent creative contest called Tag Challenge. I love stuff like this which fulfills a “back-end” purpose but is outwardly fun, engaging, and non-bureaucratic looking, ... Read more »
DIY, Defense, Gaming, Government, Laboratories and Research, Social Software
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Top 10 Public Sector Windows Phone Apps

Joel Reyes (Charlotte, NC) — Everyone always asks me, what are the most popular Windows Phone 7 apps? Below, I’ve compiled the Top 10 phones apps with relevance to the public sector (government, citizenship, education, health), ranked by highest number of downloads. They include functionality like mobile access to your health data, improving spelling skills ... Read more »
Apps, Education, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, Health
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CrowdVerb Mobilizes Republican Voters

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Three alums from Microsoft – Cyrus Krohn, Todd Herman and Sally Poliak (the first two veterans of running tech for the Republican National Committee) – recently launched Bellevue, WA-based CrowdVerb, a right-leaning political consulting firm specializing in data analysis and identifying and mobilizing crowds. From their new website, Using Crowdverb’s tools, ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Gadgets and Mobile, Politics, Social Software
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Infographic: Matching Military Veterans With Tech Jobs

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — All the way up to the White House, Americans are concerned about employing currently unemployed and underemployed veterans, whose rate of unemployment is higher than average. Microsoft and other like-minded companies are stepping up their efforts in this area. Now, Payscale.com has created a very useful infographic about why U.S. veterans ... Read more »
Defense, Jobs, Leadership
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Where Will Generation Innovation Come From?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Politicians talk a lot about how America needs more innovators and inventors. Everyone from prominent CEOs to the President is demanding a next generation of young leaders in science, math, engineering, and technology. Where will they come from, though? GOOD and Common Five have a terrific infographic constructed from recent data ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Infographics, Laboratories and Research, Leadership
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Suits And Spooks Rendezvous For The Greater Good

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Last week, an eclectic group of tech-savvy “suits” and “spooks” gathered in a private conference center in Rosslyn, VA, in a towering office building overlooking Georgetown across the Potomac River. The occasion? The second-annual Suits and Spooks anti-conference, curated and hosted by cyber warfare consultant and author Jeffrey Carr. Nominally ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cyber Issues, Defense, Events, Government
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National Science Foundation Emphasizes Cloud Computing Security and Efficiency

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As reported by Camille Tuutti at Federal Computer Week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has plans to invest resources into understanding various aspects of cloud computing, in particular how to make it more energy efficient, and how to make it more secure from hackers and other kinds of ... Read more »
Cloud Computing, Cyber Issues, Government, Green Tech
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Twitter Streams The Republican Nevada Caucuses

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – In case you’ve missed most of the current election season so far, you may not have noticed that Twitter — which is more mainstream than it has ever been — is working with business partners, political candidates, and news organizations to innovate how the average voter engages during their caucuses, primaries, ... Read more »
Big Data, Politics, Social Software
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A Khan Academy For Doctors

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — We’re very interested in tech-savvy entrepreneurs here at Publicyte, and occasionally we’re just going to toss out what we think is a good idea for a startup affecting the public and civic sector. In the Feb. 2012 Wired, there’s a terrific interview with innovative doctor Eric Topol, a genomics professor at ... Read more »
Academia, Books, Entrepreneurship, Health, Online
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