[ Ø ] Harsh Prakash's GIS Blog

One of the pleasures of my current job is the annual opportunity to interact with professionals from around the world, thanks to the International Visitor Leadership Program. During these interactions, I share with the visiting delegations how regional government works in West Virginia.


Mayoral Delegation from the Republic of Tajikistan, 2006


Public and Private Sector Delegation from the Russian Federation, 2005

I always end my presentation on regional governance and SIS with a quick display of Google Earth when we try to locate the remote places the delegation members come from. As can be deduced from these pictures, the members stand in rapt attention of how one private enterprise gives back to the greater common good.

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According to TheStree.com, American Online recently bought Truveo. Note that this was predicted by Technology Review earlier.

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More crystal ball gazing:

• A tough year ahead for Sony ["fate deserved, although XBox would probably hurt more"]
• AJAX cleans up the Web ["impressive"]
• Cracks appear in Apple’s iTunes shiny armor ["would take more, but also refer to hymn"]
• Telco companies get ensnared in a domestic eavesdropping scandal ["a very tight-rope"]
• A video search company is acquired by a major player ["iFilm?"]
• Municipal Wi-Fi ["refer to South Korea and Japan"]
• Silicon Photonics [ ~ 'integrating light with silicon']
• Social Machines [ ~ 'social web']
• Search ["Google"!]
• Feeds ["RSS and podcasting and videos, need I say more?"]

–Technology Review [π]

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• Gates on Vista
• Directions Magazine takes a swing