2. New Media
≠
The concept that new methods of communicating
3. New Media
is an approach to media & communication
that takes advantage of digital tools
to facilitate more open and adaptable
information sharing.
The concept that new methods of communicating
13. ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
DEVELOPER.TRIMET.ORG
To quote from TriMet Chief Technology Officer Tim McHugh’s
presenta)on at APTA TransITech (www..nyurl.com/trimet‐cto):
TriMet’s developer resources
How can we put an army of
began with GM request
developers to work for our transit
to promote innova,on and public transit
agency for nearly free?
by providing resources
to an emerging crea,ve class.
17. trimet.onmyiphone.net
4994
Free applicaKon for iPhone
shows next arrivals
“At first I was just going to
scrape the TriMet site to get the
informa.on. But then I came to
find out that TriMet actually has
a really nice API to all their
tracking informa.on!
Ma] King, TriMet rider and
soAware developer
18.
19. For more example uses of
developer.trimet.org
see
www.tinyurl.com/trimet-cto