Don’t Let Bad UX Kill Your Open Data – Part 3

by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television. You can see my presentation on this topic at the UXDC 2015 conference. This is Part Three of Three in a series that identifies opportunities for improving the experience of working with open data.  In Part One we established that there are at least two primary … Continue reading Don’t Let Bad UX Kill Your Open Data – Part 3

Don’t Let Bad UX Kill Your Open Data – Part 2

by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television. You can see my presentation on this topic at the UXDC 2015 conference. This is Part Two in a series that identifies opportunities for improving the experience when working with open data. In Part One we established that there are at least two primary opportunities. In this … Continue reading Don’t Let Bad UX Kill Your Open Data – Part 2

You’re Sitting on a Gold Mine – Part 1

by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Yes, you really are. As a business owner, you rely on the information your company produces and manages to make ongoing decisions for the company. That information, in the form of raw data, is even more precious than you may think. Data is more than just an … Continue reading You’re Sitting on a Gold Mine – Part 1

What Does “Google Public Alerts” Teach Us?

by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television "Google Public Alerts" and Its Features Out of the Box I originally posted this article on AWAREForum.org on February 29, 2012. You may recall that on January 25, 2012, the Google Crisis Response (GCR) team at Google.org launched the Google Public Alerts (GPA) platform.  GPA aggregates weather, … Continue reading What Does “Google Public Alerts” Teach Us?