I was serious when I suggested it would be to Apple’s advantage to open up to the public on how it is repairing its Maps app problem.
More Thoughts on Linkedin's One-Click Skill Endorsements
While I like the granularity of endorsing for specific skills, I also have concerns about the validity of the data given the lack of control over how the data are generated, analyzed, and used.
My Thumbs are Mixed on Linkedin's New Skill Endorsements
I have mixed feelings about Linkedin’s new skill endorsements.
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?
What Does "Open Access" Mean, Really?
Having devoted part of my career to electronic publishing systems for scientific and technical publishing I’ve tried to follow the “Open Access” movement, but I have never quite understood what “Open Access” means.
Progress On Open and Collaborative Project Management
My friend Dave Witzel posted an article titled 12 Leadership Lessons of Internet Pioneers in which he summarizes the findings of a recent report he did for IBM’s Center for the Business of Government, Designing Open Projects: Lessons from Internet Pioneers.
Why I'm Avoiding Google+ Today
But I think I’m going to avoid Google+ today. Apple is announcing new products.
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.
I was disappointed to see the Nexus 7 tablet ad on Google Search yesterday.
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.
How Will Mobile Devices In the Workplace Make People More Productive?
In 2010 I posted Sometimes a phone is just a phone and a web site is just a web site. It discussed what I thought at the time was important in a smartphone, e.g., phone service, web access, email — the basics — and was based on recent Blackberry experience and anticipation of getting an iPhone.
I recently modified my professional website to provide a better experience for users accessing it from smartphones and tablet computers.
Using a Social Network to Gang Up on Apple
Tech Journalist Mike Elgan recently published an article on the Google+ social network titled Is Google+ becoming a hostile place for Apple customers? Should it be?
Apple, Samsung, Design Patents -- and Textile Design Piracy
Before folks jump all over Apple on the Apple vs. Samsung design patent case, read some background on design patents. You might find it amusing.