Hey all you designers of two-lane highways! Get your free download of the 2008 Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). Brought to you by your friendly Federal Highway Administration. The site does require you to register for approval. Information required for registration includes your name, title organizational affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Free Highway Design Software!
October 28th, 2008 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in Civil Engineering, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: design, FHWA, highways, safety, software 
1 Comment »Buddy Walk on Public Works Island
October 19th, 2008 Pam Broviak This weekend on Sat., Oct. 25th, Public Works Island in Second Life will host a Buddy Walk to be held in conjunction with the National Down Syndrome Society. Last year, 270 Buddy Walks were held in “real life” to bring awareness and funds for Down syndrome, and this year, JL Zinner and I decided to [...]
Be2Camp Video/Slides Online
October 16th, 2008 Pam Broviak The Be2Camp held in London on Fri., Oct. 10, attracted about 50 people to the live event and almost 300 more to the Webcast and Second Life stream of the event. For anyone who missed it, the video stream and slides can now be viewed at the Be2Camp Website.
Posted in Construction, Energy, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: Be2Camp, building, built environment, second life Comments OffReaching Out in 140 Characters or Less
October 7th, 2008 Pam Broviak People are information hounds. They always want to know what is going on, particularly with their friends and neighbors. The need to gossip can sometimes be so strong that some people will even create stories just to have something to talk about. If you work in government you have probably already experienced this aspect of [...]
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: General Government, microblogging, Twitter Comments OffWeb 2.0 & Government – Helping us to Just Do It!
October 5th, 2008 Pam Broviak “With the adoption of social computing and social media by citizens under the age of 25 already exceeding 75 percent, government organizations now need to plan and implement initiatives to engage and service the citizens of today and tomorrow.” This is a statement taken from “Leveraging Web 2.0 in Government,” a recently released paper published [...]
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: General Government, Web 2.0 Comments Off
