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Seizure Time, From LinkNYC’s Smart City

Lots of craptastic Smart City fail on this LinkNYC kiosk. The kiosk's digital advertising billboard freaks out and the mapping…

7 years ago

LinkNYC’s Real-Time Network Availability Data: Where Is It?

LinkNYC promised real-time network monitoring of its advertising kiosks. So far, it has not delivered.

7 years ago

LinkNYC: The Unnamed Road to Porno?

I get why someone might ask LinkNYC where they can find porno. But why would anyone ask LinkNYC where they…

7 years ago

Making Artistic Use Of LinkNYC’s Non-Working Tablet Screens

LinkNYC's tablet screens often do not work. I endeavor to prove that a blank screen is more inspiring than a…

7 years ago

A LinkNYC Headline From Hell, and Other Thoughts

LinkNYC's Headlines: You can't click on them, you can't scan a barcode for more information, and after a few seconds…

7 years ago

Is LinkNYC Making Money Yet? It Doesn’t Look Like It.

LinkNYC, the "payphone of the future", is looking to the federal government's EB-5 program to get foreign investors to pump…

7 years ago

This Week’s LinkNYC Observations

Having last written an account of trying to understand LinkNYC’s new bus arrival time feature I now suspect it has…

7 years ago

LinkNYC’s Bus Arrival Time Feature is a Smart City Headache

LinkNYC's bus arrival time screens appear to have been developed by people who do not use use the bus, for…

7 years ago

LinkNYC’s Mapping App: What Have People Been Searching For?

I don't know if this is boring to others but I find it fascinating to see what other LinkNYC users…

7 years ago

LinkNYC’s Bugged-Out Mapping App Saves Your Searches… Sometimes

People look at me using LinkNYC kiosks and I know what they are thinking: He's poor. He's homeless. He's a…

7 years ago