San Francisco’s aggressive open data efforts were on display this week, as civic and technology leaders took the stage at sf.govfresh, an event highlighting technology innovation in City government. City CIO Chris Vein (who also was recently interviewed by ideation solutions firm BrightIdea) and Department of Technology innovations manager Jay Nath explained how the CityRead… Read more »
Open Government, open source, open standards, open specifications. There is a huge amount of confusion and misunderstanding on what these terms mean when it comes to technology, and which products and tools fit into each category. Adobe System’s Dave McAlister, director of Open source and Standards, gives a great primer on what each term means,Read… Read more »
Its FRIDAY !!!! Thanks to Adobe Photoshop, I can dance with anyone, anyhow, anytime !!!
I saw them in the print additions of both the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, assume they ran in other major papers as well. What did you think? Here’s the version on ArsTechnica. Adobe’s Bobby Caudill also blogged about the issue.
Government Computer News weighed in on the Adobe versus Apple issue– definitely worth reading:
NextGov’s Aliya Sternstein just wrote an article about the debate that Adobe’s Rob Pinkerton set off earlier this week. If you are following this discussion, check it out. Sunlight Foundation’s Clay Johnson also weighed in.
There’s a very interesting new blog post by Adobe’s Rob Pinkerton worth reading, asking whether the folks at Apple have actually read the Open Government Directive. Rob’s main point is that Apple’s proprietary developer requirements stifle true openness and innovation: “I still find it hard to believe that a company that founded one of theRead… Read more »
Rob Pinkerton of Adobe on Fed News Radio with Francis Rose yesterday said the challenge for Open Government when it comes to accessing information is, Can citizens find it, can they trust it, and can they use it. Do you agree? “>
Aneesh Chopra, White House CTO, gave the keynote this morning. While the event was not captured on video, I did bring my FlipCam, got some b-roll, and talked to Adobe’s Rob Pinkerton (the main sponsor) about Aneesh’s remarks. Check it out here.
Wrote a blog post this morning about a talk I gave yesterday, the subject matter being that open government – transparency, collaboration, and participation – is controlled by CIO’s and CTO’s. Why? Perhaps open government and the OGD and its solutions are too tech-reliant (what I term, Dangerously Digital). Where’s the human side of theRead… Read more »