UX & Mobile Apps Leveraging the IBM MobileFirst Platform

When you are developing a mobile app (or website, or mobile web, or TV app, etc..) you should always ask yourself “What kind of an impact does this have on the end user?” It doesn’t matter whether you are creating enterprise apps or games, or anything in between. Every development decision that you make should be […]

IBM Watson, Cognitive Computing & Speech APIs

IBM Watson is a cognitive computing platform that you can use to add intelligence and natural language analysis to your own applications.  Watson employs natural language processing, hypothesis generation, and dynamic learning to deliver solutions for natural language question and answer services, sentiment analysis, relationship extration, concept expansion, and language/translation services. ..and, it is available […]

So, What is IBM MobileFirst?

I’m still “the new guy” on the MobileFirst team here at IBM, and right away I’ve been asked by peers outside of IBM: “So, what exactly is MobileFirst/Worklight?  Is it just for hybrid apps?” In this post I’ll try to shed some light on IBM MobileFirst, and for starters, it is a lot more than just […]

Video: Data Visualization With Web Standards

Last week I had the opportunity to present “Data Visualization With Web Standards” to the Data Visualization New York Meetup group.  There was a great turnout, and thanks to everyone who attended.  I’d like to especially thank Christian Lilley and Paul Trowbridge for organizing the event. My presentation focused on the fundamental techniques of visualizing […]