| New York State Backs New Kind of Coal Power | | 2008-06-10 12:23:00 | | Fresh from Governor Paterson's press conference in Jamestown this morning comes this story:State Plans New Kind of Coal PlantOf course, Walter Simpson has an opinion and is quoted here. But I find it hard to take a hypocrite's opinion too seriously.News Round-Up:Copy of Gov. Paterson's Press ReleaseBuffalo News: Governor backs Jamestown coal power plant, described as breakthrough in clean powerEnvironmental Advocates of NY: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL ON NY GOVERNOR TO DITCH PLANS FOR COAL POWER PLANTCrain's New York Business: Governor pushing "clean coal" experiment | | By: In Java, Literally... | | |
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| Effectiveness of a New York State Program | | 2008-02-12 13:51:00 | | Newspapers across the state are carrying stories today about Attorney General Tom DiNapoli's report on the effectiveness of the Empire Zone program. Here's the full report.My opinion? A pretty good program got fucked up. Some of the empire zones in the state fucked it up by abusing it. Some businesses made it worse by finding every loophole they could and exploiting it. We won't get into what the state did with it. Meanwhile, the empire zones that have tried to live by the law and run the program as it was intended suffer.Just feeling bitter today. | | By: In Java, Literally... | | |
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| New York State of Mind | | 2007-11-29 14:46:26 | | I made it…..to New York City! One small step today, in preparation for one giant leap tomorrow. I estimate from the time I leave for JFK airport, to the time I arrive at Chez Nelson on Moorea, I’ll be in transit a good 20-24 hours (if no delays).
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| New York State XML Update? New York 3.0? | | 2007-06-05 17:08:00 | | I was looking at the New York State OFT website, queried XML and came up with this. Here's what NYSTAR has been up to with XML.It looks a little restrictive as to what's allowable if, in fact, the RFP process was ever completed.It would probably be in the state's best interests to take a broader view toward xml standards and open data standards in general for all New York State agencies and authorities and all New York State political subdivisions.Just as we're proposing a Long Island 3.0 approach to public policy solutions, perhaps New York should take a similar approach as well.Open architecture, multiple platforms, multiple API. The more businesses we can interest in developing products for New York, the better it is for the New York economy.The state (and/or Long Island) should lead the way in promoting creative thinking and innovative products and should, in essence, be a laboratory for their implementation. | | By: Long Island Idea Factory | | |
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| XML for the New York State Unified Court System? | | 2007-06-01 16:34:00 | | Here are some examples of court systems and related sites utilizing XML/RSS technology to make information concerning the court system more accessible to attorneys and the public. The NYS Justice Courts seem to be off to a good start and heading in the right direction.Utah State CourtsWest Virginia Supreme CourtThe Philadelphia CourtsMaryland JudiciarySt. Louis Circuit CourtNew Mexico District CourtxmlLegalOasisXML and related technology should speed up the transmission of information in the NYS Courts just as it has in other disciplines.It would also position the courts for greater participation in Web 2.0 and emerging Web 3.0 technologies and allow for greater interaction between all parties in all aspects of court administration.These are the only New York State RSS/XML feeds I've been able to locate so far for all agencies including what it says is the Unified Court System but actually appears to be the Justice Court feed. Please let me know if you locate any other feeds. Also NY | | By: Long Island Idea Factory | | |
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| New York State Alert System: A simple start? | | 2007-05-17 20:27:00 | | I came across this product which allows blogs and other web based solutions to send out free SMS posts. How quickly it sends the alerts is not clear. I know there are other low cost solutions which allow the user or administrator to "force" an alert more quickly than general information.It is illustrative of the direction technology is heading and how abundant simple XML, SMS and other similar types of solutions are becoming. New York State should look to utilize this type of product (among others) and solutions in its overall "alert" and "general" information distribution plans.I hope to have a few minutes later to hook this product up and test it out. | | By: Long Island Idea Factory | | |
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| New York State Alert System: Preliminary Draft | | 2007-05-06 14:54:00 | | Here is a preliminary draft of what a New York State Alert system might look like. Click on the image for a larger view.As I've stated before, I think Senator Skelos is on the right track with his NYS Campus Alert project. But, while we're at it, we might as well create a system that will encompass all NYS Alerts and general information. | | By: Long Island Idea Factory | | |
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