Tech predictions focusing only on technology miss a key component: people.
by Peter Bennett
| @hablantia | 15 July 2011
If you comment on new technology, you should get to know as many of the quirks and biases of human behavior as you can. That's because you're modeling people first and technology second.
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The efforts behind .gov reform go beyond domain management.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 14 July 2011
The U.S. federal government's web reform effort isn't just about reducing the number of websites and saving associated design or maintenance costs. It's about improving citizens' access to information and services.
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Files are an anachronism in the digital age. It's time for something better.
by Alex Bowyer
| @alexbfree | 14 July 2011
The idea of files and folders no longer fits today's connected world. It's time for new ways of organizing our data based on what data means, what it relates to, and how we think about the world.
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European tech entrepreneurs have concerns about startup environments.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 13 July 2011
Creating economic conditions that are beneficial to startups is increasingly important for governments. What are the factors that will attract and retain top talent?
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Once you really understand HTML5, you'll change the way you think about the web.
by Brett McLaughlin
| @bdmclaughlin | 13 July 2011
HTML5, when used both as the 21st century web suggests and as the original HTML specification allows, is best at interconnecting things.
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Conventional wisdom about the "consumerization of IT" is missing the big picture.
by Mark Sigal
| @netgarden | 12 July 2011
A confluence of factors, most notably the crash of the dotcom bubble and the rise of Apple, led to the consumerization of IT. But Mark Sigal says tablet makers are missing a golden opportunity by ignoring the enterprise.
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