It’s official. Apple’s releasing something next week; maybe the table computer that’s going to revolutionize everything. Lots of people have speculated as to what’s going to be in it. A lot of people expect that it might save journalism and media. Let’s speculate about how it might save journalism (or your industry of choice). It’s… Continue reading What I Hope Will be in the Apple Tablet
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An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg & the Future Head of the DOITT
I was part of a team that recently submitted an app for the NYC BigApps contest and therefore had the opportunity to play with a lot of the data sets in the NYC Data Mine. In the spirit of continuous improvement, I wanted to suggest how the city can take a great resource and make… Continue reading An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg & the Future Head of the DOITT
Uncovering UncoverYourCity.com
So last week, Wendy, Jill and I unveiled UncoverYourCity. This is a site that we put together as part of the NYC Big Apps competition (you can vote for us here; you’ll need to create an account). We want to share a bit of background on what the project is and why we did it.… Continue reading Uncovering UncoverYourCity.com
Facebook Thinks I’ve Got Marriage Problems
Wow, I haven’t even been married six months and Facebook already thinks that I’ve got marriage issues. I’d like to think that my marriage is going really well. In fact, I thought that the day we spent today, traipsing around town, was some of the most fun in ages. But Facebook apparently thinks otherwise. In… Continue reading Facebook Thinks I’ve Got Marriage Problems
Connecting to the Real World
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at NYC Resistor making my own Arduino (technically a Freeduino) microcontroller. Say what? That basically means that I spent the day soldering together a bunch of pieces of electronics that let me connect my computer to the physical world. Here’s what the darn thing looks like: The best way to… Continue reading Connecting to the Real World