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The Case for eIDs Over Mobile Driver’s Licenses

As of October 2023, the landscape of mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in the United States has seen substantial growth with several states…

5 min readApr 11, 2024

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The Case for eIDs Over Mobile Driver’s Licenses

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IoT Security and the Smart City part 1

The Smart City Expo USA is a couple of weeks away on October 4–5 in New York City https://www.smartcityexpousa.com/ and like last year I’m…

4 min readSep 20, 2023

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IoT Security and the Smart City part 1

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Louisiana’s Digital Driver’s License and Act 440 — One step forward and two steps back

Louisiana Act 440 of 2023 has generated a bit of snickering in the press and protest by civil liberty organizations about the state…

3 min readFeb 21, 2023

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Louisiana’s Digital Driver’s License and Act 440 — One step forward and two steps back

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The GIS Professional is all that… and more!

I had the honor of delivering a welcome speech at the Esri Mid-Atlantic User Conference this week in Philly. It had been more three years I…

4 min readDec 10, 2022

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The GIS Professional is all that… and more!

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It’s Web 2.5 actually

I’ve spent the last 18 months examining blockchain as an information technology. My journey went from gleaning as much as possible…

3 min readSep 11, 2022

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The Negative Space of Digital Twins

In art, the un-activated area around the subject is the negative space. The lack of activation adds to the composition, balance and maybe…

4 min readMay 26, 2022

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image: Tang-Yau-Hoong https://artignition.com/negative-space-in-art/

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Alone on an Island — How Centralization is a Better Environment for Public Sector App Developers…

Ian Gordon posted his piece on LinkedIn titled “Too Many Cooks, Why the Public Sector Only Needs One Data Team.” His thoughts mirror my…

3 min readMay 11, 2022

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Blockchain Primer for City CIOs

slide deck updated: 5/1/22

2 min readMar 30, 2022

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Blockchain Primer for City CIOs

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Smart Cities Experiment for Results

Last November I had the honor of being invited to speak at the Smart Cities Expo and World Congress in Barcelona. Over the last decade the…

3 min readDec 18, 2021

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Diego Fernández, City of Buenos Ares, Smart City World Congress 16-NOV-21

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Blockchain Utility Tokens — A Better Way to Buy Cloud Compute and Storage Services for Cities?

As a nascent industry and technology, blockchain is many things. It’s most notable function is the tokenization of digital assets that are…

3 min readNov 2, 2021

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Mark_Wheeler

Mark_Wheeler

Philadelphian for 15+ years. City CIO. Former urban planner, GIS pro, and environmental educator. Markaroo to my nearest and dearest.

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