Tech Policy: Time to Level Up
Tech policy and regulation is notoriously tricky. This is an area that has many complex technological aspects to contend with, that is inherently international (not always totally, but…
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New York’s new NYC IoT Strategy
The New York City CTO team recently reached out to me for some feedback on the new NYC IoT Strategy, which of course I gladly contributed. And I’m…
On Controlling “Your Data”
For years now, we’ve discussed variations of the question “who owns my data?” And alas, we didn’t get very far, for several reasons: The most economic value of…
Digital Transformation, German Government Edition
Note: This expands on a longer Twitter thread of mine. It’s utterly fascinating to hear German politics discover digital transformation as a key priority now. For literally 2…
Research Project: Helping public & third sector better understand the societal impact of tech
I’m working on an independent project with the goal to empower public & third sector decision-makers to make better informed decisions about the societal role and impact of…
Pandemic learnings: New Non-State Actors
The coronavirus pandemic has been a global stress test. And as stress tests go, this one has shown us which systems have been working and where we have…
Organizer thoughts: Beyond Codes of Conduct
The super short version: A Code of Conduct (CoC) isn’t enough. It’s just one tool that helps shape the culture of a community. I’ve been involved in running…