Last week Bloomberg Business published a ranking of the most innovative states in America, and Massachusetts made the top of the list! Their methodology included things like spending on R & D, the number of high-tech companies in the … [Read more...]
5/12 at the State House: Technology Day and Energy Hearing
Technology State House Day 2015: The Internet of Things in Massachusetts Tuesday, May 12 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT) Hall of Flags, Massachusetts State House, Boston The Tech Hub Caucus, co-chaired by Senator Spilka and Representative … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Geotherapy: Two Conferences, Two Workshops, and Another Chance
I’ve been going to public lectures on climate change at Harvard, MIT, and other places since at least 1980. Lately I’ve been thinking that I have yet to hear an ecologist talk about the subject. I’ve seen climatologists, atmospheric … [Read more...]
Through MIT’s Nuclear Goggles
Switzerland came to the Boston area a week or so ago. There was a conversation with one of the political leaders of the country, Doris Leuthard, Councillor of the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy, and … [Read more...]
Lack of Leaflets
One theme of a recent Markey field organization conference call was the dearth of collateral — signs, leaflets, brochures — in the field. The absence of a comprehensive Web site for the campaign was also noted, and has been remarked on here … [Read more...]
New Media and The Next Election
We've all read about the importance of databases and cell phones, email and text messaging to the Obama and Warren campaigns of 2012. The success of VAN and Narwhal and campaign media outreach were vital. But the next election will come; we … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary of First Moon Landing
Today is July 20, 2012; 43 years following the First Moon Landing, and about a month away from another fantastic Rover landing on Mars, and I find nothing on any sites that I have visited today about this. Anyway, since commenting on any … [Read more...]
Short Term Climate Forces: Black Carbon, Methane, and Tropospheric Ozone
Went to a talk on March 19, 2012 by Dr Joel Schwarz about a recent UNEP report on Short Lived Climate Forcers: Integrated Assessment of Black carbon and Tropospheric Ozone and Near Term Climate Protection and Clean Air … [Read more...]
Barrett Throws Challenges for 3rd Middlesex Senate
Mike Barrett wants back in the MA General Court. He intends to get there taking over what was Sen. Susan Fargo's seat and Carol Amick's before that. Nearly two decades ago, he was first in the House and then in the Senate when he lived in … [Read more...]
Democracy Technology
A Facebook group called Upgrade Democracy is collecting a list of "teams/organizations working on technology-powered solutions to the systemic problems of governance/group decision-making." They want help in expanding the list … [Read more...]