Nov 9, 2021

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Stockholm’s war on interoperability

An object lesson in how (not) to resolve the tension between comcom and privacy.

Christian Landgren’s design for a ‘Skrota Skolplattformen’ cap. Image: Christian Landgren https://twitter.com/Landgren/status/1319712457196261376

The city of Stockholm commissioned Skolplattform, an omnibus app to deliver timely information to students, teachers and parents. It was a mess: a late, SEK 1B (USD 117M) “IT disaster” boondoggle with a 1.2 star rating.

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