Development by Davis: “Graduate students in Finland solve real problems beyond the classroom” plus 3 more

Graduate students in Finland solve real problems beyond the classroom
One-day of innovation for Colorado municipal governments and community organizations
Social networking platform, Shift, changes the way CEMEX works
OpenStreetMap makes first open map of the world

Graduate students in Finland solve real problems beyond the classroom

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

The School of Business and Information Management at Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OUAS) created an open source project management software named OpixProject. The objective was not to create something that would compete with the current project management software, but to place students in realistic problem-solving environments in order to reduce the gap between the concepts covered in the classroom and real-world experiences.

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One-day of innovation for Colorado municipal governments and community organizations

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Open Colorado is announcing the third annual CityCamp Colorado unconference scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2012. The unconference will bring together people to share ideas that aim to enhance government transparency, citizen participation, and accountability. Ultimately, these goals look to enhance the citizen experience and foster a more healthy, livable community.

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Social networking platform, Shift, changes the way CEMEX works

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:30 AM PDT

CEMEX is fostering innovation by changing the way employees work. It is encouraging a change in practices towards more collaboration, transparency, and openness, and enabling these changes through a Social Networking platform with a business sense, called Shift. These changes are challenging existing management practices, and opening the creative and strategic arena to all levels of the company. After only 18 months of being in place, these new practices have already produced benefits in an unprecedented scale and speed.

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OpenStreetMap makes first open map of the world

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Which mapping system do you use the most?

Google maps

OpenStreetMaps

Apple maps

GPS (Garmin, TomTom, etc.)

Mapquest

Everyone is talking about maps lately. Google maps are no longer on the iPhone. Apple maps have some serious bugs. Luckily, open source maps are making a move.