Congrats go out to Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager at Esri, and periodic contributor of articles to GISuser, on the publication of the International Perspectives on GIS in secondary schools book
RIM CEO Lazaridis Provides A Glimpse At the Future of BlackBerry and the new BBX Dev Platform
At the annual BB Love-fest (aka. BlackBerry DevCon), RIM President & CEO,Mike Lazaridis, greeted the crowd and provided the State of RIM address as well as a roadmap for the future which includes the Blackberry 7 lineup of devices and a new developer platform, Blackberry BBX. In his address which I caught via live stream […]
mqVibe First Look – MapQuest Maps Neighborhoods Provides a Social Sharing Experience With mqVibe
Today, mapquest has rolled out their much anticipated social network mqvibe. Much different than what I was expecting (I was thinking of another facebook or twitter-like experience – that based on all the speculation on teh web) and I have to say so far I’m very impressed!
A Look At Open Public Transit Data and Maps via Google General Transit Feed Specification (GFTS)
At a recent Geo Tech (aka. GeoGeek) meetup here in Victoria, BC, Canada I was glad to see that Michael Grant, BC Transit Manager of planning and forecasting was in attendance to talk us about Geo technology, transit, and mapping. Grant was there to discuss BC Transit data, Google maps, and other related GeoTech topics […]
Slideshare – Mobile App Development Made Easy
A presentation providing useful pointers to mobile app development resources and programs
Slideshare – 10 Things That You Should Be Including In Your Press Release
A short presentation showing some useful PR tips
Slideshare – Social Media in Local Government and the GIS user
A presentation on social media for local government and the GIS department
Social Media Tip – Create A Custom, Daily or Weekly paper.li to Enhance Your Social Presence
Here’s a short tutorial and description of the way cool paper.li service, a useful social media add-on that creates a custom paper/newsletter from your Twitter account and can also harvest data from RSS feeds and facebook.
The Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Up Close – No Replacement for the iPad But Pretty Darned Sweet!
So, by now you’ve likely heard all about Amazon’s foray into the Tablet space, this with the launch of the Amazon "Fire".
Video Presentation – Social Media in Local Government and GIS (from MISABC)
Recall, I recently posted a few details of a local conference here in the capital of British Columbia – MISABC. I had the pleasure of delivering a talk on the use of social media in local government, with a focus on the GIS department and GIS/Geo user.