“I love civic tech,” says the data industry’s “Dean of Big Data” Bill Schmarzo, longtime VP at Dell and now CTO IoT and analytics at Hitachi Vantara. He loves it, but he also has ideas about how to make it work.… Read more...
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Three non-technical attributes for “smart” Before you change any lightbulbs
Smart cities, or cities on the path to smart, should first ensure they've got these three non-technical attributes in place, says smart-city leader Greg Delaune of UIX Global. Only then should anyone go changing lightbulbs.
Power to the transit user in San Francisco OpenTransit puts data behind complaints and lets transit managers drill down
The secret sauce that's missing in so many complaints about transit service is supporting data. But soon there will be an app for that, at least in San Francisco. OpenTransit, now in alpha stage, running on public data, will provide transit users with the specific data they need to induce change.
White-hat hackers ride into town Large-scale smart city find a complement in small-scale private projects
Here's a theory I'm working on. Smart cities find a welcome duo in public projects and white-hat hackers. The hackers make apps that fill in the cracks where city administrators don't see or don't have time for. They can design, build, and propagate their wares unfettered by public expectations.
Take data from ethereal to grounded An escape from the same old conversation
A few days ago, I told former Tableau CMO Elissa Fink why I found “smart cities” more interesting than the data industry’s tired old slogan “data driven.” Cities are complex and layered. Analytics has results, good or bad. Data becomes tangible, satisfying.… Read more...