Your Opinion Please: Technology in Cary

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Cary, NC – Cary’s Technology Task Force (TTF) is wrapping up it’s mission. Now is the time for you to weigh in on the future use of technology for communications and engagement in Cary.

Communications + Technology in Cary

CaryTTF is not concerned with solar technology, hybrid vehicles or your electronic water meter.

Our mission is to examine the Town’s use of technology for engagement and communications. That means:

  • Mobile apps
  • Websites
  • Open Data
  • Social Engagement
  • Video

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In a first for Cary, the Tech Task Force has created its own website. Members of TTF post questions and reports on the topics under consideration by the commission.

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Your Opinion, Please

Please share your thoughts about the future of communications and technology on CaryTTF.com.

Your comments are sincerely appreciated.

3 replies
  1. Brent
    Brent says:

    I agree with Barbara. The Technology Town of NC should have a much friendlier, easier to use, more reliable web site. Although Cary has historically been a leader in providing online tools and information to citizens, the Town has failed to keep up with the state of the art in web site design and operation. The Town’s current web site is old-fashioned, often cumbersome, full of broken links and more difficult to use than it ought to be.

    Like with other infrastructure, we should repair and optimize what already exists in addition to expanding to new opportunities.

  2. Barbara Shepard
    Barbara Shepard says:

    Much as I like the idea of more mobile apps and a more active Town involvement in social media, I really think that some of the basics need to be taken care of first. And the most basic is the Town website. If we assume that social media and mobile apps will at some point drive people to the website, fixing it should be on the top of the list. After that, more use of social media to publicize Town events and news. And, keep on experimenting with using tools such as WebEx to let citizens attend meetings remotely. Your last TTF meeting was a good start.

  3. Hal Goodtree
    Hal Goodtree says:

    A reader sent in this comment:

    “Hi Hal,

    Perhaps, you know who to pass this along to, or can recycle it at your task force meeting:

    Encourage the town to send emails full of hyperlinks to exact website content; this makes best use of the recipients’ time.

    • Use ordered lists for a sequence of events to be done in a certain order.
    • Use unordered lists (bullets) for items that have no sequence of order.

    Best reference ever written: Amazon: Designing Web Usability with content applicable to email etiquette.”

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