Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the FOSS4G Conference here in Denver, Colorado. As has been noted elsewhere, it was a high-energy event loaded with quality technical content. With a time slot at the end of the day, I sought to change gears and speak about the role the cultural values of […]
There comes a time around late morning of the second day of a vendor conference where it dawns on one that particular terminology, certain phrasings, are echoing from the keynote stage to the demonstration kiosks. The presumption of authentic communication misplaced, one despairs not of Orwellian doublespeak (let’s not flatter these people), but of the […]
So maybe having easy access to natural gas lease polygons in Sublette County, WY isn’t a priority for you. But if phrases such as “open government”, “open data”, “energy independence”, “stewardship of federal lands”, or “government transparency” resonate even a little bit, then what’s going on now at the BLM with the National Integrated Land […]