I always enjoy Google’s video they post looking back at the year:
Read MoreSome great insight from Bethany Crystal:
Read MoreAt MAPC I am currently running the hiring process for a Full Stack Web Developer. If you thought trying to get a job was tough, hiring is also an equally challenging endeavor. It involves negotiation, meetings, and lots of phone calls. In this process I have been surprised at how many job candidates miss the basics.
Read MoreA blockbuster report from the New York Times:
Read MoreAt least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The Times found. Several of those businesses claim to track up to 200 million mobile devices in the United States — about half those in use last year. The database reviewed by The Times — a sample of information gathered in 2017 and held by one company — reveals people’s travels in startling detail, accurate to within a few yards and in some cases updated more than 14,000 times a day.
Mark Headd shared an interesting thought on Thursday:
Read MoreThursday hot take: a limiting factor on the ability of #civictech to help improve government digital services is the dearth of experience (and interest) in the tech stacks most commonly used inside government agencies.
— Mark Headd (@mheadd) December 6, 2018