During the recent Pycon 2023 conference in Florence, I was particularly struck by Carlton Gibson's keynote titled "Open Source for the long-haul," as it was quite unique and different from the usual talk focused on "how wonderful and useful it is to … Read more
Interview with Bruce Lawson | Codemotion Berlin 2018
As a former teacher, Bruce Lawson is a real stickler for standards. But there's a much more personal reason for his interest in improving accessibility: in 1999 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. As manager of computer book publishing house … Read more
Do things faster and better with WebAssembly: an interview with Sendil Nellaiyapen
With multitudes of technologies and an increase in customer demands, there are many challenges faced by full-stack developers today. Fortunately, Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen, a product developer for Xebialabs, has produced a new bible for building … Read more
The future of work is female: interview with Agnieszka Walorska
Agnieszka Walorska believes the rise of artificial intelligence signals an important shift towards gender equality. The founder of digital consultancy Creative Construction gave a unique insight during her talk "The future of work is female" at … Read more
SELECT for Cities contest: solve challenges and create value for citizens
The SELECT for Cities project was conceived as a competition between companies operating in the Smart Cities sector and the Internet of Things (IoT), with the aim of identifying innovative solutions to specific problems in European cities. This is a … Read more
Snap4City Dashboards: Overlook Your City
As we know from the article on sentient cities, Snap4City is an open-source, standard-based, data-driven, service-oriented and user-centric platform, enabling large-scale co-creation of applications and IoT/IoE services. As the name suggests, it … Read more
Using Snap4City, Innovation and Technology to Improve City
The world is quickly becoming always more connected, day after day. The population is fast getting more urbanized: according to the United Nations, about 70% of the global population will live in cities by 2050, cities that use a different kind of … Read more