Innovation

NPS National Mall – iPhone App Review

November 22, 2011

The National Park Service launched their official mobile (iPhone iOS) app in August 2011. It is available free from the Apple iTunes App Store as a 13.9 MB download. I’m reviewing the latest, 1.0.2 version which is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices running iOS 3.2 or later.

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“My TSA” mobile app review

November 17, 2011

There are currently two versions of the app, an iPhone (Apple iOS) version and a “mobile web” version that will work with all devices that have a web browser. TSA currently is working on an Android version but no availability date has been released by the agency. This review is based on the latest (iOS) 1.2.2 version of MyTSA.

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Predicting “Runs Created” in baseball

February 11, 2011
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In 2003 Neil Bonner published a series of articles on Ron Shandler’s Baseball HQ website on an alternative method of calculating Runs Created per Game (RC/G). Bonner claimed that his analysis showed there were only three significant elements that could be used to forecast RC/G.

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How newspapers can survive in the age of the Internet

November 12, 2009
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I have been mulling about whether or not I should renew my subscription to the Wall Street Journal. Don’t get me wrong, I think the WSJ is the best newspaper produced today. So, my dilemma has nothing to do with the quality of their product, my dilemma has to do with the cost.

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IdeaFactory and Government Innovation

October 12, 2009

It could have been a huge flop – and we were OK with that outcome. Our position all along was that the IdeaFactory was just an experiment. Fast forward two and a half years later, the IdeaFactory has become an ingrained program within TSA. As of September, we passed a notable milestone; the IdeaFactory has generated 10,000 ideas.

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