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01/04/2017 by Sean Brady

Kindle + OverDrive + NY Public Library = reader bliss

A Kindle, the OverDrive app and a New York Public Library card gives you instant access to the digital offerings of fourth largest library in the world.

Filed Under: Simply fascinating Tagged With: Apps, databases, innovation, iPhone

02/02/2015 by Sean Brady

Image Quilts

Edward Tufte has invented the image quilt. You can make your own image quilts using a free Google Chrome plugin. The possible applications, especially in an educational or creative setting, are endless.

Filed Under: Simply fascinating Tagged With: biases, creativity skills, databases, mental models, visualization

06/22/2012 by Sean Brady

SchoolBenchmarker™ getting rave user reviews

Try SchoolBenchmarker™ now and let us know if you agree with the enthusiastic user reviews we are receiving. For example: “SchoolBenchmarker™ is fantastic! In a few minutes, I can get the benchmarking information it took my district a month to get last year working on our own!” – Mark P. Mondanaro, Superintendent of Schools, Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda UFSD

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, data, databases, decision-making, dropout, graduation rate, iPad, iPhone, Race to the Top, school accountability

04/05/2012 by Sean Brady

Open data in New York State? It’s easy.

Open data cloud services are disruptive, game-changing technologies that fundamentally redefine the relationship between citizens and government data. They make access to data easy, efficient, and inexpensive. New York State lags other states and large cities in the implementation of open data. I have argued in a recent post and radio interview why it is vital that New York State implement an open data initiative. In this post, I will explain how it can be done.

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: Apps, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, open data portal

03/08/2012 by Sean Brady

Susan Arbetter interviews Sean Brady re: NYS open data initiative

Click on the play button below to listen to the podcast of the March 8, 2012 interview on The Capitol Pressroom where Susan Arbetter discusses an open letter from Sean Brady and Cornell professor John Sipple to Andrew Cuomo advocating that the governor support a New York State government open data initiative. The letter appeared […]

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: agile, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, iPad, iPhone, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, open data, open data portal, open linked standards

03/05/2012 by Sean Brady

Prism will be Susan Arbetter’s guest on The Capitol Pressroom March 8

Prism president Sean Brady will be Susan Arbetter’s guest on The Capitol Pressroom this Thursdsay, March 8 from 11:20 AM to 11:30 AM. Susan will be discussing an open letter from Sean and Cornell professor John Sipple to Andrew Cuomo advocating that the governor support a New York State government open data initiative. The Capitol Pressroom can be heard on public radio stations throughout upstate New York on stations including Buffalo (WBFO), Rochester (WXXI), Syracuse (WRVO), Binghamton (WSKG) & Albany (WVCR). You can also listen live or by podcast at http://www.wcny.org/capitolbureau

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: agile development, Apps, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, open data portal

02/13/2012 by Sean Brady

Dear Governor Cuomo, Free the data. Please.

Around the world, governments are opening access to public data sets and allowing the public to find, download and use machine-readable data sets generated by the government. These initiatives spur innovation and creativity, increase government accountability and transparency, reduce waste and fraud, and improve our quality of life. Yet New York State lags miserably. This open letter to Andrew Cuomo exhorts the Governor to give the public free access to machine readable New York State government data in non-proprietary formats, to convert that data into open linked standards to allow it to be easily connected to other data, and to encourage broad, innovative use of the data by providing the appropriate tools and incentives.

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: agile development, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, innovation, iPad, iPhone, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, NYC BigApps, open data, open data portal, open linked standards

12/12/2011 by Sean Brady

When spreadsheets go bad

In the late '90s, I had a colleague who was fond of saying, “When an operations analyst encounters a problem, he opens a spreadsheet. Now he has two problems…” Indeed. If you are responsible for a project that has a spreadsheet as a deliverable, go and suspend it now. Yes, now. Go on. When you return I?ll explain why you had to do it. Done? OK, I?ll continue. […]

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, data, databases, decision-making

12/05/2011 by Sean Brady

CohortTracker™ early warning system

CohortTracker™ is an early warning web application that allows schools to monitor students’ progress towards graduation. Educators can identify students getting off track and intervene with them before it is too late. Simple, intuitive and easy to use, CohortTracker™ is now available for license. For more information, read on at https://prismdecision.com/cohorttracker-early-warning-system

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, data, databases, decision-making, dropout, dropout early warning system, dropout prevention, dropout rate, education, graduation rate, nclb, Race to the Top, school accountability

02/25/2011 by Sean Brady

Cohort Tracker™ Developed Using Agile Approach

Prism’s cohort tracker project demonstrates how an agile development approach can – in a matter of weeks, not years – deliver focused, actionable, real-time information to educational decision-makers at all levels. Read on at https://prismdecision.com/cohort-tracker-developed-using-agile-approach

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, cohort tracking, data, databases, decision-making, dropout early warning system, education, graduation rate

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