Twitter breaks third-party apps

April 30, 2013

Yesterday morning, I got a brief email saying “Twitter integration does not work. Otherwise, it is a cool app”. The writer was referring to Economy for iPad
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Was Apple right to purge AppGratis from the App Store ?

April 9, 2013

The Wall Street Journal published a report on “Apple Kicks AppGratis Out of the Store” and AppGratis formally responded to the WSJ story today. It is a detailed response that adds a lot to the conversation around app store curation, but it doesn’t address a couple of key points from the WSJ report.

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The App Store Long Tail Myth

August 1, 2012

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How Technology should be used to promote Open Government

March 11, 2012

[Note: Earlier today, my post on Technology and Open Government was published on GeekWire. I have posted a replica here.]

The Washington Coalition for Open Government  organized a conference this weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of our state’s landmark Initiative 276 and the Open Public Meetings Act (and to discuss the past, present and future of open government).  I was one of the speakers at the conference and spoke about using technology to promote open government.  Here is an overview of what I talked about.

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Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

October 5, 2011

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How to take a screenshot of your iPad or iPhone app

January 13, 2011

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A zombie keyboard, an app-store rejection, a call from Steve Jobs and the Economy-for-iPad app

October 31, 2010

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