James P. Howard, II's Comments

James Howard : California's risky

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:32:17 +0000

Municipalities are not dissolved through bankruptcy. In fact, if they were, I am not sure how that would affect anyone, except the employees. As a result, I do not see significant consequences beyond an increased interest rate in the future.

James Howard : Columbia Needs Municipal

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:32:07 +0000

It ought to be fairly cheap. I have heard of medium sized cities being covered for $10,000 plus monthly connection fees. The beauty of this system is that it can be rolled out in phases. Town Center, or a village center, could be done today and the system expanded over time.

James Howard : Happy Anniversary,

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:03:06 +0000

What a shame. I could use some more denominated paper.

James Howard : Engaging the Public Through

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:20:33 +0000

Well, I am not certain that's particularly new. You see this across the political spectrum and across the levels of federalism. Federal advisory committees are not particularly forthcoming with even basic information. None have significant web presences. The same is true of Maryland's various commissions. Howard County's are starting to open up, but that's because of more interactive voices taking the information public themselves.

James Howard : Empire on the

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:19:28 +0000

I am trying to put out one a week. Next week, "The Outlaw Bank" by Beaty and Gwynne.

James Howard : Broadcasting Howard County

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:51:08 +0000

This is true. And in this, I would actually like to see both streaming and on-demand viewing. However, there isn't a mass-market streaming solution, yet.

James Howard : Broadcasting Howard County

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 05:54:32 +0000

I am not familiar with the County's information technology infrastructure, but it is mostly irrelevant. If the County were to develop this service in house, it would probably acquire new dedicated equipment to logically separate services.

More likely, the County would work with an outside vendor to provide storage and delivery. If the County wanted to run the program on the cheap, it could simply use YouTube, which has the advantage of delivering a sufficient quality video feed to most users. The Montgomery County system does not work with Firefox or with most firewalls.

James Howard : Intense Debate at JamesHoward.us

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:09:40 +0000

Hey, this is the first post on the new website commenting system.

James Howard : Intense Debate at JamesHoward.us

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:16:02 +0000

This is the first post on this website!