In 2002, instead of moving into Mayor Giuliani’s ground-floor corner office, Bloomberg turned the empty chamber upstairs—formerly the home of the Board of Estimate—into what’s now called the Bullpen. The enormous, newsroom-style office houses 50 of his senior staff and aides, three aquariums, and a cardboard helicopter. “I’ve never understood why anyone would want to seal himself off from the rest of the organization. In the Bullpen, there are no walls, no gatekeepers, and no communication barriers,” explains Bloomberg. (via An Inside Look at the Offices of Martha Stewart, Michael Bloomberg, Aby Rosen, Paul Rudnick, and More — New York Magazine)
Good place for a morning meeting
How would you test a pen?
It enables the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress to be downloaded in just over one second; every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; and every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.
In the 23 months since New Jersey’s ban of talking or texting on handheld cellphones, police have written 224,725 citations, according to the NJ Star-Ledger—adding up to about four percent of the state’s total moving violations, not counting drunk driving, during that period, and by far the most any state has written so far.
There is, in other words, a massive inefficiency to be exploited. And so, an army of engineers and entrepreneurs is rushing in, hoping to do to the payment world what has already been done to the music, movie, and publishing businesses — unseat a legacy industry built on access and distribution, drive the costs to zero, undercut the traditional middlemen, and unleash a wave of innovation.
Australia, however, implemented an income contingent loan program in 1989. Australian students don’t pay anything for university when they attend but once their income reaches a certain threshold they are charged through the income tax system. Many other countries are experimenting with income contingent loans.
The idea quickly grew beyond “Project Status”, and has become a hub of all sorts of internal Panic information. What you’re actually looking at is an internal-only webpage that updates frequently using AJAX which shows: (via Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board)
As a result, we’ve recently instituted office hours. It isn’t much – just 2 hours in the afternoon. Not overbearing, and situated at a time when everyone can feel comfortable.
Apps for the Army is a web and mobile application development challenge for active duty Army, National Guard and Army Civilians. $30,000 in employee cash awards, as well as public recognition are up for grabs. Do you have what it takes to build an app that delivers real value to the Army warfighter or business user? This is for you! (via US Army Launches “Apps for Army” Contest, Offers $30,000 in Prizes )
