Santé et Internet

le gouvernement propose que Québec rendre disponibles toutes les données de ses ministères et organismes sur un portail unique qui relèverait de l'Institut de la statistique ou de la Bibliothèque nationale.

Jean Charest devrait affirmer sa volonté d'amener l'Administration au web 2.0 et de faire un «gouvernement ouvert».

Les données gouvernementales devraient être utilisées librement, mais Québec garderait «son droit de paternité». Les médias sociaux devraient être intégrés dans toutes les stratégies de communication gouvernementales, et l'on devrait prévoir une «gestion de la rétroaction citoyenne». Québec devrait mettre en place un «forum citoyen» géré par le Secrétariat à la communication gouvernementale. L'employeur devrait «responsabiliser» les employés et leur faire confiance dans la mise au point d'outils pour le web 2.0. Aussi, Québec devrait «prendre les mesures appropriées» pour protéger son identité sur les médias sociaux.

Google fusion tablesThis online database and mapping tool has become our default for producing quick and detailed maps, especially those where you need to zoom in. You get all the high resolution of google maps but it can open a lot of data - 100mb of CSV, for instance. The first time you try it, Fusion tables may seem a little tricky - but stick with it.

Tableau PublicIf you don't need the unlimited space of the professional edition, this is free - and means you can make pretty complex visualisations simply and easily with up to 100,000 rows. We use it when we need to bring different types of charts together - as in this map of top tax rates around the world, which also has a bar chart too.

After something simple - like a bar or line chart, or a pie chart? You'll find that Google spreadsheets (which you create from the documents bit of your Google account) can create some pretty nice charts - including the animated bubbles used by Hans Rosling's Gapminder. Unlike the charts API you don't need to worry about code -

OrganizedWisdom helps health professionals create Digital Offices to share valuable information with you before, during, and after your visit

Clinton said that the State Department would start deploying Google’s Chrome browser to all of its offices. Google Chrome started being installed on computers on February 14th.

This is a huge opportunity for Google to gets it products used by government officials, as it hopes to get major departments in the US government to use its Google Apps suite for email, documents, and calendars. Getting this many officials to use its browser is a definite first step to become to go-to option for the government.

Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.