What’s next for Apple, now that Tim Cook has apologized for the new Maps app and has suggested alternate or competing products to use while things get fixed?
All in Mobile Tech
I’ve really enjoyed using my iPhone for web access, basic communications, and social media such as Google+, Twitter, and Linkedin. I’ve found the user interfaces and resulting user experience for many such smartphone apps tend to be simpler and more straightforward than the web versions. Increasingly I find myself actually preferring the smartphone experience over the web experience.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has joined other Federal agencies in seeking input on how to proceed with development of its “digital strategy.”
I remember at first ignoring the Apple vs. Samsung patent arguments. I thought they were just more examples of highly-paid corporate attorneys fighting over questionable intellectual property claims.
Challenges in Turning Federal Digital Strategy into Mobile Reality
Directive number 7 in Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel’s May 23, 2012 federal API strategy Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People states the following:
Has “government transparency” concerning US Federal stimulus funding been successful?
"White Papers" Need to be Mobile, Too
Are your white papers easily accessible on mobile devices? Viewed by some as “old school” marketing devices, others still use and expect them. Just last week, for example, I was asked for a set of my own white papers by a business prospect. That experience led me to write this article.
For the second time in two weeks I received a text message on my iPhone saying that an ordered item had been delivered from Amazon BEFORE the item was actually delivered.
What Are YOU Trying to Do with Mobile Technologies in the Enterprise?
I’ve been thinking about mobile technologies a lot lately and how they relate to activities like project management and collaboration.
I recently modified my professional website to provide a better experience for users accessing it from smartphones and tablet computers.
The EPA's Mobile Web Site is Great (except for one thing)
I’m impressed with the U.S. Environment Protection Agency’s mobile web site.
Why Microsoft's "Surface" Tablet & Netbook Will Succeed
Why will Microsoft’s “Surface” tablet/netbook computer succeed, especially in large organizations and schools?
Some Requirements for Using a Mobile Device to Interact with a Project Plan
This continues my series on enterprise mobile technology strategy and collaborative project management. Here I’m interested in how, in a project management situation, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers can support project-related communication and collaboration.
It’s not unusual to find myself when I go back to a browser based application from an iPhone app I’m struck by the messiness and clutter, despite the added functionality.
Yesterday Apple announced the new iPad. I like the new iPad and really think I would enjoy it as a way to manage and manipulate my nature photographs.
I want one!
My past several consulting projects have involved document-centric information sharing and collaboration via tools like Microsoft SharePoint and Google Docs.
Collaboration Can Be Messy
Collaboration can be messy. Convincing a group of people to work together to accomplish a common objective, especially when the group contains many people that don’t know each other, requires artful leadership.
A couple of weeks ago I ran into Ian McCully on Google+ on a video “hangout.”
Is availability of powerful mobile devices and services really changing the way people work? Or are smart phones and tablet computers just providing more options for doing existing work without regard to location?
Google’s announcement of its Chromebook is more evidence of the shifting nature of technology-supported computing & communication ecosystems. It signifies more than just a continued “movement to the cloud.”