Thomas Lowenhaupt

Great Article

"First, I love NYFI. Great new publication. Best of luck. About the article. You did a great job reporting on this new topic. I'm impressed. With the prominent display, I thought I'd post a word about our logo, which I always thought explained itself. However, at the recent ICANN meeting in Mexico City I got a second opinion. I was explaining to Jim from Verizon why I was there and about all the great things a .nyc will do for our city. After a minute his eyes flashed with recognition and he said "Oh yes, I was in a meeting this morning...was that your logo, the one with the fence falling down." I sat puzzled for a second and then saw what he saw and my heart dropped at the negative impression. But I perked up and told Jim the logo's story - that it showed the integration of our traditional city, as signified by its street grid, with the web. And with both ever so carefully connected by the .nyc top level domain. Jim gave a moment's thought, then grunted a 60% positive "Oh." So I'm a little nervous about the logo's message and wanted to take this opportunity to clarify. Is it a falling fence or a message about the future? Feedback appreciated. Finally, I'll Twitter our next meeting on dotNeighborhoods using NYFI's great platform. Best, Tom Lowenhaupt"

From Welcome to the dotNYC Neighborhood
Posted on Monday, June 8 at 1:01 pm

dotNeighborhoods Meeting

"We've scheduled the second meeting of the dotNeighborhoods development group. Wednesday, June 24, 6-8 PM at the Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, closer to 2nd Avenue. The meeting will explore: - ways for existing local blogs and other web resources to participate in their new dotNeighborhoods; - a discussion on “institutional structure" for dotNeighborhoods development and oversight; - business models. See our dotNeighborhoods wiki page for more on the effort's status - http://bit.ly/e2yU1. Best, Tom Lowenhaupt"

From Welcome to the dotNYC Neighborhood
Posted on Thursday, June 11 at 12:12 am

NYC Big Apps / Intro. 991 / and the Internet of Things

"I spent yesterday afternoon listening to the testimony of more than a dozen people before Council Member Gale Brewer's Technology in Government Committee. The hearing was on Intro. 991, legislation that would require greater public access to the city's multitude of databases. The first to testify was a representative of Mayor Bloomberg who described the NYC Big Apps initiative. The testimony that followed spoke of the need for access to data from more agencies, and that the data be made available in a raw format - that is, data that can be massaged into computer applications by entrepreneurs and programmers. There was a basic philosophical difference between the Bloomberg representative who repeatedly said "We know what the customer wants" and the others testifying before the Brewer Committee who called for a more market oriented, "let the people decide" approach. I presented Connecting.nyc Inc.'s testimony relating Intro. 991 and the Internet of Things. You can find our testimony and supporting material here - http://bit.ly/78EKZ."

From At PdF, Bloomberg Announces 'Big Apps' Contest, Says He'll Dine With Winner
Posted on Tuesday, June 30 at 3:03 pm