Andrew K Kirk

What are you hoping to accompllish? Find trends, publish survey results, etc?

@Edward,

I work at CitySourced and we’ve been creating apps for two and half years now. I’m familiar with those other competitors. What differentiates us:

Available on a 4 major phone platforms – iPhone, Android, Windows, and Blackberry
Integration with existing government work order systems – Many free/low cost apps are completely separate of…[Read more]

I understand and agree with you for the most part. A small part of me thinks that increased access would allow for more/better public services and also education opportunities. In reality, I really don’t want to subsidize internet access so people can upload photos to Facebook more easily or play online games faster.

@Edward – Do you know of any specific examples of neighborhood watch groups or volunteers gathering information electronically?

Good feedback. Do you think the same about government sponsoring and building high-speed optical fiber cable? How do we balance between core infrastructure that benefits society at large with unnecessary distribution of resources?

While I agree almost everyone is using social media, news, and other online channels during work on a daily basis, don’t believe that it’s not monitored. Just because someone can’t physically see your monitor doesn’t save you from tracking software which stores ally our activity.
Just be aware.

I appreciate what you were trying to accomplish, but it seems pretty off target (IMHO). #1 and #2 would actually be detrimental to someone who was actively in charge of corporate social media accounts. But, more broadly, it creates a hostel work environment if you tell people to never access your accounts. Instead create a policy where employees…[Read more]