Developing better urban metrics for Smart Cities
When we embed connected technologies — sensors, networks, etc. — into the public space*, we create connected public space. In industry parlance, this is called a Smart City. (I prefer…
When we embed connected technologies — sensors, networks, etc. — into the public space*, we create connected public space. In industry parlance, this is called a Smart City. (I prefer…
Connectivity changes the nature of things. It quite literally changes what a thing is. By adding connectivity to, say, the proverbial internet fridge it stops being just an…
The #IOTmanifesto is a great set of guidelines for designing connected products and services. (Read more about it on iotmanifesto.com.) Trying to make it more actionable (rather than…
So, Instragram announced updates to their Terms of Services. Nothing unusual about it, really, only that the updates seem to be aimed at monetizing by allowing advertisers to…
The other day I visited Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) for a day to give a keynote speech and a workshop for FES stipends at the summer academy. (Full disclosure: paid…
A little while ago I wrote a little rant about the fake Streetview Google had launched in Germany, an odd Google Maps & Panoramio hybrid. Eventually that’s about…
Opposing Views, a debating platform where experts go head-to-head on all kinds of issues, has put up a discussion page about net neutrality: Net neutrality is the principle…