4. Internet of Things
• All kinds of networked
devices communicating in
real-time
• Coming sooner than you
might think. Even Coke
machines are now Internet
connected, but don’t get me
started on that...
8. Next few years
• Mobile - We’ve exhausted the limits of
the PC platform, the future will be mobile
first
• Location - Now that I am mobile and
moving, where I am matters
• Social - I am human (for now), let me talk
with my friends
9. Mobile
• How many people have a mobile website
for their organization?
10. Mobile
• Mobile is growing exponentially and will
overtake desktop web by 2015
• Time to start looking at mobile and the
content that you want to share (type,
format, style, etc.)
11. To App or not to App?
• Each class of device has a different
programming environment = $$,$$$
• Web browser is becoming more
standardized for mobile
• People on phones still use Google...
• BUT - Native apps, when necessary and
done right are MAGICAL (i.e. Angry Birds)
12. Mobile
• ~5% of traffic to City of Round Rock
website is mobile and growing
• Mobile payments and notifications are great
places to add convenience
• Does not have to be hard to start. Make
sure your site is functional on a mobile
device and expand from there
13. Location
• Maps - Help me get to the park, help me
get to a public meeting, help me pay a ticket
• Google MyMaps and Google Map API
• Bing
• ArcGIS JavaScript API
17. Location
• Google Places
• Check to make sure the information for
your facilities is accurate. This is a huge
pain, but over 50% of your web traffic
comes from Google, so it is worth the
effort
19. Social
• Using Social Media is no longer a question
of why, it is a question of how?
• Each community engages a bit differently
and it is still the wild west. Use both the
right and left sides of your brain on this
one...
22. Google+
• Only months old and invite-only
• Has already pushed Facebook to make
some privacy changes
• No business or gov’t accounts allowed,
but they are said to be coming
24. How to keep up?
• Social Media blogs like Mashable and
Techcrunch
• Gadget blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo
• Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that
matters
• Social Networks like Twitter and Google+
to get information straight from the source
26. Links
http://slideshare.net/cityofroundrock
Video clips:
Cleverbot via CornellCCSL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY
Internet of Things via IBMSocialMedia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEbMV295Kk
Transcendent Man trailer via TranscendentMan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntY01qoIdus
Foursquaropoly
vimeo.com/28431085
In the Year 3000 via Conan O’Brien
