Author Archives: oliver

Understanding gov20 adoption, Developers / Technologists

Posted on June 22, 2010 by oliver

So, for the first in my series of none scientific posts about the state of gov20 deployment I thought I would pick up the easiest of the three segments that I mentioned yesterday and look at how developers and technologists … Continue reading →

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Understanding gov20 adoption, finding a model

Posted on June 21, 2010 by oliver

The day I started my first technology marketing job my hiring manager presented me with a book about the technology adoption lifecycle. It is a phenomenally useful way of looking at the market adoption of a new product or technology, … Continue reading →

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CSIRO Megatrends and Megashocks

Posted on June 21, 2010 by oliver

One more that I missed when it was published earlier this year. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have published a report outlining what they call their megatrends and megashocks titled “Our Future World: An analysis of global … Continue reading →

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Information is currency

Posted on March 23, 2010 by oliver

For centuries economies have been based upon a well proven model of bartering, early trading involved individuals exchanging goods or services of similar value then over time we saw cash become the primary means of applying a value to a … Continue reading →

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Ultra High Speed Standardization

Posted on March 19, 2010 by oliver

Originally posted on TalkStandards.com, 18/3/2010 Since I first got involved with eGovernment projects in the mid-nineties I have been encouraging governments that I have been working with to look towards international standards as a route to solving system interconnect challenges, … Continue reading →

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Release Version of Open XML SDK v2 is now available

Posted on March 16, 2010 by oliver

Several of my colleagues are talking about this today, after four successful technology preview releases the final version is now available. You can download version 2.0 of the Open XML SDK from the Microsoft Download Centre. For those of you … Continue reading →

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Interop – some nuts and bolts

Posted on March 4, 2010 by oliver

Following on from a conversation with one of our customers in Australia earlier this morning I thought it might be worthwhile highlighting some of the more collaborative work we have been doing around interop over the last few years.  A … Continue reading →

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And you thought you were done with gov20…

Posted on February 2, 2010 by oliver

With several national gov20 plans now published I thought it would be worthwhile jotting down some reminders of the work that is still ahead if these plans are to be realized. Many of the items listed below represent opportunity for … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Reformist Agenda

Posted on January 31, 2010 by oliver

Originally posted on TalkStandards, 28/01/2010 Conversations about the governance of standards setting organizations will from time to time stray towards the topic of reform, along with the need for simplicity in the standards development process. I would argue that the … Continue reading →

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RDF and Open Government Data

Posted on January 18, 2010 by oliver

More often than not the topic of RDF (W3C’s Resource Description Framework) comes up soon after you get into any conversation about open government data.  It comes up as the discussion strays into ways of making published datasets more valuable … Continue reading →

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