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Publishing News: Ereading on a landing plane
Though I wasted a good deal of time this week mesmerized by the Daily Dispatches from the Internet’s Worst Reviewers website (hat tip to Joe Wikert and Kat Meyer), there were a few publishing stories...
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Patterns snap mobile app designs into place
In the following interview, “Mobile Design Pattern Gallery” author Theresa Neil (@theresaneil) discusses interface design trends, the one app design mistake that pops up again and again, and the apps...
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Carsharing saves U.S. city governments millions in operating costs
One of the most dynamic sectors of the sharing economy is the trend in large cities toward more collaborative consumption — and the entrepreneurs have followed, from Airbnb to Getable to Freecycle....
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21st century smarter government is 'data-centric' and 'digital first,' says...
Any nation’s top government IT executive has a tough gig in the 21st century. The United States chief information officer, for instance, has an immense budget to manage — an estimated $80 billion...
View ArticleWhite House launches new digital government strategy
There’s a long history of people who have tried to transform the United States federal government through better use of information technology and data. It extends back to the early days of Alexander...
View ArticleFrom smartphones and continuous data comes the social MRI
It’s clear at this point that the smartphone revolution has very little to do with the phone function in these devices. Rather, it’s the unique mix of sensors, always-on connectivity and mass consumer...
View ArticleMobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo
In a world awash in data, connected by social networks and focused on the next big thing, stories about genuine innovation get buried behind the newest shiny app or global development initiative. For...
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With new maps and apps, the case for open transit gets stronger
Earlier this year, the news broke that Apple would be dropping default support for transit in iOS 6. For people (like me) who use the iPhone to check transit routes and times when they travel, that...
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The complexity of designing for everywhere
In her new book The Mobile Frontier, author Rachel Hinman (@Hinman) says the mobile design space is a wide-open frontier, much like space exploration or the Wild West, where people have room to...
View ArticleNYC’s PLAN to alert citizens to danger during Hurricane Sandy
Starting at around 8:36 PM ET last night, as Hurricane Sandy began to flood the streets of lower Manhattan, many New Yorkers began to receive an unexpected message: a text alert on their mobile phones...
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