I recently attended a fascinating seminar on emerging technology in energy. Here are some of my notes and thoughts on the next generation of energy:
Energy Harvesting
My favorite new term. It refers to using existing energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, thermo) and turning them into electricity to feed the grid. Pretty much covers all the new [...]
Oddly enough I did it. I found a way that Green IT relates to Gov 2.0.
The bond too seems pretty strong on both sides. Almost as if one would be inherently weaker without the other. Read on…
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My proposal to speak at Gov 2.0 Expo in May:
5-minute rapid fire presentation
Title:
Green IT for Gov 2.0
Description (400 [...]
Many of you know that I am now deeply involved in Federal Green IT. Add that in with my personal nonprofit work on Food/Obesity/Recycling and I’m all ears for video conferencing.
Which is why I’m a bit wry in these thoughts scrambled on sheets during my first VTC:
Sitting in two separate rooms. Two different groups. A [...]
**this is cross-posted from the Navstar blog, announcing my new position**
It’s the beginning of my new life at Navstar and I am asked, “What do you hope to do?”
A simple question but it completely floors me. I’m so used to the opposite and its stifling restrictions and requirements. I just can’t fathom the answer.
Then day [...]
Meme – An idea or pattern of thought that “replicates” like a virus by being passed along from one thinker to another
As an idea or pattern of thought government 2.0 (gov 2.0) is still being defined and debated. To some it is merely an extension of Web 2.0, to others it is the serious work [...]
I am very excited about this week. The new fall weather is heralding my return to the government world. I had been on exodus exploring personal interests in environmentalism. I loved the time away and even used it to create A Clean Life, find utlimate personal health, and become an evangelist for a better world.
As [...]
Hey Everyone – voting opened today for SXSW 2010 panels. The SXSW panel committee will use our votes to help determine what kind of conference SXSW ends up being.
So, please vote for my panels and my friends. All the words below are clickable
From me, Steven Mandzik:
Local Food: Creating an Online Community of Local Eaters
How a [...]
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998), originally uploaded by Greenman 2008.
“Velvet Goldmine” is a movie made up of beginnings, endings and fresh starts. There isn’t enough in between. It wants to be a movie in search of a truth, but it’s more like a movie in search of itself. Not everyone who leaves the theater will [...]
Paris – "Baguette magique", originally uploaded by Kamomillo.
lol, how could u not love bread
Indoor phone box, originally uploaded by KyroII.
first place i stayed in 2003, what a fuckin trip