…home office so that I could have some peace and quiet and sound professional. Sure enough it was the White House Situation Room, which meant that it was literally the basement of the White House. [laughs]
Patrick : Yeah. For folks who are not the American audience, the White House Situation Room is the nerve center of the White House when they're doing something that is breaking real time related generally to national security. That's where President Obama…
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…Chief Technology Officer, the US Chief Information Officer, and the White House Director of Digital Strategy will work closely with and support the Round 2 MyUSA Fellows as they take the MyUSA service to the next level.
In particular, small businesses and exporters have a fundamental problem navigating the Federal Government's myriad resources. It can be difficult to locate information about government assistance programs or find and complete the correct forms for taxes …
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- Luigi Montanez: Drafting Guidelines for Government Data Catalogs
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…Eric and his proven principles of "Build, Measure, Learn", which have been adopted by organizations of all sizes, from startups to the New York Times and even the White House.
Get Lean takes place on Monday, June 18 from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm at Microsoft's San Francisco offices. Space is limited, so register today to reserve your spot. We look forward to seeing you there.
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…reality. And that's exactly what's about to happen. It's called the White House Innovation Fellows , and the program is now open for applications . That means you !
For a lot more information on the program, you can see this incredibly in-depth blog post over at O'Reilly Radar .
I think this is an amazing opportunities for entrepreneurs to serve their country by using their uniquely valuable skills. We're at the beginning …
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…an airport control system for launching rockets to Mars and the rockets would hit the White House if they weren't scheduled with a name, you can test it—but you aren't, so forget it).
The problem with calling out over-testing is that it's hard to boil down to a catchy phrase. There's nothing succinct like test-first, red-green, or other sexy terms that helped propel test-driven development to its rightful place on the center stage. Testing just what's useful takes …
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…in Montreal, the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the White House, and Washington Park, Jackson Park and the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. (The last of those documented excellently in Erik Larson's book The Devil in the White City .) Plus, many of the green spaces that define towns and cities across the country are influenced by Olmsted.
Below, ten lessons from Olmsted's approach:
1) Respect "the genius of a place." …
The White House released Barack Obama's "long form" birth certificate today . On it, his mother lists the family's street address as 6085 Kalanianaole Highway, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A quick peek at Google Maps shows that's directly in the middle of the highway . Birthers, meet your next conspiracy.
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" West Wing" star Allison Janney, who plays White House press secretary C. J. Cregg on the popular television show, pops up from looking at the pool area under the real White House briefing room, as fellow actor on the series, Bradley Whitford, center, and real deputy press secretary Claire Buchan, right, look on, Sunday, April 29, 2001 in Washington. Several stars on the show got a tour of the real West Wing, with the help of one of the non-fictional deputy chiefs of …
Macon Phillips, U.S. White House
Todd Park, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Scott Cook, Intuit
4:30pm - 5:00pm
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5:00pm - 6:00pm
Andy Rachleff, Wealthfront
Janice Fraser, Luxr
Adam Goldstein, Hipmunk
Victor Echevarria, TaskRabbit 6pm: And we've just added an amazing Minimum Viable Party sponsored by New Context . See you there!
Sunday March 11
9:15am: Join me bright and …
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…(founder of Intuit). Our case studies span a wide range of company sizes and contexts (including the White House) and will explore some of the roots of lean thinking that have been a big influence on my own thinking. In 2012 there are at least five new books coming out that explore some aspect of Lean Startup. As a special treat, we'll have all of these authors present for a special "meet the authors" session where you'll be able to learn more and - we hope - get a sneak …
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