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Civic Innovations – What Old Airplanes Can Teach Government About Adopting Artificial Intelligence

Picture this: an agency of the federal government tasked with a vital public service considers adopting a radical new technology that proponents claim will change the world as we know it. This new technology is still not fully proven, some people doubt it will ever be truly viable, and many...

Zagaja.com – Regulators Should Sanction Phone Carriers Over 5G Advertising

Verizon has spent the past several years pushing 5G in its advertising. In a war for customers with rivals T-Mobile and at&t the major three carriers have promised consumers life changing service if they upgrade to the latest 5G phone plans. Marketing showed mind boggling multi-gigabit speeds while consumers learned...

Zagaja.com – How Big of an Upgrade is iPhone 15, Really?

The hard part of Apples new phone release is deciding whether it is worth upgrading. The reality is for many folks phone technology has plateaued. Much of the innovation Apple unpacks every year is not released to the experience of the phone itself, but rather its camera. Since iPhone X...

Zagaja.com – Visible is Verizon’s Prepaid Plan You Never Heard Of

With the release of the iPhone 15 I spent last night reviewing the current carrier deals for a good deal. My wife and I have been thinking of making a switch, and the release of the new iPhone is usually a good time to take advantage of promotions. Many Promotions...

Matt Bailey – Links: EFF’s tool for assessing your browser fingerprinting vulnerability

An important tool to help understand your level of exposure via browser fingerprinting and related privacy vulnerabilities: Cover Your Tracks

Civic Innovations – What to know about no code development tools

A recent panel discussion facilitated by ACT-IAC, which included former and current government employees, provided deeper insight into the challenges agencies are facing when working to deliver new services. The shorthand takeaway: There is a need for more speed. This ACT-IAC panel discussion focused on the growing use of low-code...

Matt Bailey – Links: Mozilla looks at data harvesting by modern cars

Your car is a computer, your car is a surveillance nightmare. Mozilla, receipts: Its Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

Zagaja.com – A Vision for Community Civic Technology

With September comes rhythms of Autumn, falling leaves, pumpkin flavored coffee, and a return to school. At community civic tech groups like Code for Boston it ushers in one of the two large surges we have in attendance each year. Whether its driven by a desire to make new friends,...

Zagaja.com – One Billion Americans

In his 2020 tome Matthew Yglesias (formerly of Vox) asks us to dream big. Through this dream of increasing Americas population to a billion he gives us a tour of the challenges and Americas policy failures from fertility to housing. In Yglesias mind a large series of tweaks from immigration...

Matt Bailey – Links: Tech, Human Rights + M&E/MERL

Some great resources articulating how to connect tech, human rights, and Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL/M&E): MERL Center MERL Tech MERL Github re: HCD in MERL

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