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Re: “If/Then”: A Review of the Broadway-Bound Musical About City Planning

hillary hartley — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:22:23 -0000

You missed the best song of the whole show, not to mention your chance to see a living legend show us all why she won that Tony Award. The penultimate song in the 2nd act was Idina's moment, and it alone was worth the price of the ticket.

Re: 15 states jump on the responsive web design bandwagon

hillary hartley — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:05:18 -0000

Idaho.gov is also *technically* responsive, but they only do two viewport sizes -- desktop and mobile. Scale the browser down to phone size and the site responds.

Re: “How Long Am I In Town For” San Francisco Edition

hillary hartley — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:57:29 -0000

You should come to WeWork Thursday morning and branch out to coffee shops from there...til 3:30 or so. :)

Re: Shaming Racists On Social Media Continues With New Tumblr - by Fruzsina Eördögh

hillary hartley — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:56:14 -0000

also check out the real-time twitter feed: www.nohomophobes.com

absolutely frightening to see them scroll by so fast.

Re: Best and Worst Design: 50 U.S. State Websites

hillary hartley — Thu, 31 May 2012 22:42:31 -0000

Edits to my responsive list, apologies... No on Nebraska and Idaho (at least not yet).

Re: Best and Worst Design: 50 U.S. State Websites

hillary hartley — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:56:44 -0000

"The Utah site sells me immediately. When you see that photo, you want to go there right away. The Texas site on the other hand, simply doesn’t make me want to visit."

While I agree with you, and really appreciate this post, state websites aren't designed to sell or entice you to visit. They are designed to deliver information and online services to residents or people doing business with the state.

Good design (read: usable) doesn't have to be beautiful (read: huge, pretty photographs), but I'll agree that it helps with stickiness.

Also -- in addition to Rhode Island having a responsive site, there are a few others: Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah (the sub-pages, anyway).

*disclaimer, I work for NIC Inc. -- the parent company of the teams who designed Utah, 6/9 Cream of the Crops, 14/15 Could Be Betters, and 1 of the Warning sites (which is launching a redesign soon!).

Re: The Dawn of the Municipal Chief Innovation Officer - Technology - The Atlantic Cities

hillary hartley — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:04:32 -0000

In response to Ebeid saying he doesn't think the position would work at the state level, it would be interesting to get Bryan Sivak's response. He is the Chief Innovation Officer for the state of Maryland and reports to the governor. Just FYI in case the author does any follow-up. Great article, and lovely to give big kudos to Jay and Adel.

Re: Susan G. Komen's VP Indicates Her Real Motives In Awful Twitter Retweet

hillary hartley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:05:23 -0000

It's a thought-provoking question, but I think it's similarly unanswerable. My son clearly recognized my voice and would respond to me reading him stories, my mouth close to his mom's belly. But who's to say he wasn't perceiving or feeling things long before he could hear with his eardrums or kick with his feet?

I'm hugely pro-choice, and I absolutely hate this debate. I appreciate your spin on it, but think "consciousness" or "sentience" will be just as hard to define.

Re: Sergey Brin & Vic Gundotra on Pseudonyms, Apps Users & the Google Plus Platform

hillary hartley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:08:47 -0000

The quote that caught my interest re. "Just a Plus" was Vic saying, "We've launched the plus part, now we'll be launching the Google part." He seemed to imply big changes in 4th quarter. Definitely curious...

Re: http://littlebigdetails.com/post/9833823341

hillary hartley — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:59:15 -0000

This is such a wonderful little detail. I immediately googled Jackson Hole Mountain Resort hoping for the same thing (my parents live there). No skier yet...

Re: SXSW 2012 - Utah.gov – Breaking the Mold for eGovernment

hillary hartley — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:42:31 -0000

Thanks, Kevin. States like Utah and Arkansas are leading the way in terms of both design and functionality. We'll dip into both during this session.

Re: SXSW 2012 - Utah.gov – Breaking the Mold for eGovernment

hillary hartley — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:40:22 -0000

Is that a question you'd like to see answered? I think it fits very well into the overall discussion of how government is evolving online. Thanks for commenting.

Re: Time for government to plug into one platform?

hillary hartley — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:30:05 -0000

First off, thanks for the shout-out to NIC! Our state portals, like Reno's site, are driven by compelling content and services (we processed 120 million transactions last year).

Mr. DiMaio has been down on "portals" for some time now, and to me it's simply because he's an analyst and not a web geek. (Sorry, Andrea.)

If he thought like a web geek, he would understand that a good website needs a solid information architecture, not simply a huge hard drive to dump all the government content and services onto willy-nilly. Thus, the portal... His response might be that John Q. Public doesn't know what the heck an information architecture is, and he'd be correct. But I can tell you that they certainly know when a website is not well architected, whether or not they know why.

While I disagree with his main point "that it is possible to get rid of the web site," he hits the nail on the head when he calls out government sites that "almost inevitably fail to model access the way people do expect or need it."

We could have an entirely separate conversation about the evolution of the government homepage, but to suggest the deletion of government websites is sort of just silly.

Re: First Night With Google Plus: This is Very Cool

hillary hartley — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:44:23 -0000

People cannot see what circles you've put them in. They are basically private filters for your eyes only.

Re: 6 ideas to help nonprofits get started on Foursquare

hillary hartley — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:17:42 -0000

Curious about number 5: "You can then use this feature to communicate with attendees and send logistical and other information."

Checking into a venue doesn't create a clique or anything like that. It's not like Facebook where you can post on the event wall and hope people see it.

If I'm missing something, I'd love to know more about it.

Re: Utah.gov 2.0: personalized, search-centric design, real-time content

hillary hartley — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:44:42 -0000

Hi Kristy. You probably saw my tweet, but the Javascript issue was due to a file not getting loaded. I'd encourage you to try it again, and please continue to send feedback. We love having a talented webmaster combing through the site!

And Alex – thanks for the kind words. Your summation is exactly correct. This site is the product of listening to our users, analyzing metrics, and thinking outside the box.

Re: Epic Idea for SXSW

hillary hartley — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:30:10 -0000

Interesting that you all met with Hugh. As I was reading this I was hoping to find out that you were going to help them crowdsource a better SXSW 2012. You should talk to him about that... They need help with the panel process, as well as dividing them up into tracks for scheduling.

Re: State, local governments clear legal hurdles to use Facebook

hillary hartley — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:40:46 -0000

It may not be essential, but govs want to use it and many have been hesistant. This change will allow them to participate on FB without the legal worries.

Re: Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account

hillary hartley — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:49:34 -0000

"I don’t want the world anymore to know where I am, unless I tell them."

So, what will you use to tell them? Isn't this exactly what Foursquare is for? No need to delete your account, just don't check in.

Posts like this just demonize the software, when it should be about personal decisions and responsibility. Same goes for Twitter, Facebook, etc. People have to understand the software they use, the privacy implications for using it, and make informed decisions.

Re: Quotable: ‘Don’t get blinded by this shiny little iPhone app that’s going to get developed …’

hillary hartley — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:01:28 -0000

It's the people, stupid!!!

Great quote. Peter's totally on point, as usual.

Re: The end of a GovFresh era

hillary hartley — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:11:19 -0000

First off - congrats on what sounds like it was a wonderful event in Manor! So glad some of my Texas.gov colleagues were able to attend and contribute.

Second - I have full faith that the community you've created here will take care of this. Understandable that you can't devote yourself full-time, but your fans will help out with whatever you need.

Raise some cash for server costs, let all your fabulous contributors keep contributing, and just generally stay cool. It will all be fine. :)

Re: 15 federal government mobile apps for citizens on the move

hillary hartley — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:18:46 -0000

Thanks for featuring the FBI Most Wanted app! NIC worked in cooperation with the FBI to make this one of the first government apps in the app store. If anyone has suggestions for making it better, definitely leave a review or use the contact info in the app.

Since we primarily work with states (running .gov sites for 23 of them) this was a fun project for our mobile development team.

Re: Double Rainbow Mix

hillary hartley — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:05 -0000

He obviously loves rainbows. This gem is from January 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: 35 Gov 2.0 heroes to follow on Twitter

hillary hartley — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:06:42 -0000

Honored to be among such company! So much fun reading all the profiles and posts today. Kudos to Luke on a year well done.

Re: 100+ Women in Government & Technology

hillary hartley — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:19:49 -0000

Hillary Hartley / @quepol
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NIC Inc.
egovernment provider to 23 states and hundreds of local governments