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WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?

We’re big believers that websites don’t just sit on desktops anymore. They’re on a billion different connected devices that come to life in hundreds of unique form factors. As networks and devices both evolve, web experiences will continue to become more and more like apps. This is where the web is headed. And we’re into it.

This site is Phase 2 (see Phase 1) in an experiment where we’re pushing these ideas and testing what’s possible within a browser.

WHY A TIMELINE?

Simple. It’s the perfect way to express the arc of mobile innovation and technology while demonstrating Citizen’s work over the past eight years and where our thinking will take us in the future.

It also presents interesting challenges (and opportunities) when you consider the whole ‘billion connected devices’ thing. For example, how does a timeline flex gracefully from one device or orientation to the next? These are the kinds of challenges we like.

HOW’S IT WORK?

There’s more than one way to approach just about everything. Including this timeline. Here are a few to get started with.

  • LINEAR: Hover and click near the outer edges of your browser window.
  • QWERTY: Use the arrow keys to move back, forward, up, or down.
  • QUANTUM: Click, hold and drag to go for a smooth ride through time.

  1. TRANSFORMING MOBILE AT THE

    Speed of Culture™

    Citizen is a global mobile innovation firm based in Portland, Oregon. We’re pushing culture forward by shaping the evolution of the connected user experience. Actually, we’re doing it here: a site that shows where we’ve been, leaves room for where we’re headed, and puts our ideas about mobile’s future into action.

  2. WE KNOW

    Thinking

  3. WE KNOW

    Human Computer Interaction

  4. WE ARE

    +Additive

    Citizen thrives on bringing an additive ingredient to our client partners, augmenting their eyes, ears, and minds with a deep understanding of the ever-evolving digital landscape. Together, we can make sense of this shifting terrain and shape the future of mobile together.

  5. WE ARE

    +Seamless

    Citizen’s combined experience in mobile strategy, design, and delivery add up to an end-to-end understanding of the entire mobile ecosystem. Whether it’s a go-to-market strategy, a re-imagined interface, or bleeding-edge development, Citizen’s full spectrum of capabilities equals innovative results.

  6. WE KNOW

    Internet of Things

  7. WE KNOW

    Mobile Ecosystems

  8. WE KNOW

    Mobile Payments

  9. WE KNOW

    Interface Design

  10. WE ARE

    +Collective

    The Citizen team is a group of individual geniuses, each with a unique disciplinary background. The tie that binds is a culture passionate about understanding today’s technology and where it’s headed. When those individuals come together, the whole, as they say, is greater than the sum of its parts.

  11. WE ARE

    +Connective

    Sometimes the best ideas are hidden in plain sight; it just takes experienced eyes to see them. Citizen’s eight years of innovative mobile strategy, design, and development mean we can help our clients spot missed connections, improve efficiency, and seize unrealized opportunities.

  12. WE KNOW

    Gamification

  13. WE KNOW

    Media

  14. WE KNOW

    Prototyping

  15. WE KNOW

    Social

  16. WE KNOW

    Digital Storefronts

  17. WE KNOW

    Carriers & Networks

  18. WE KNOW

    Data Visualization

  19. WE KNOW

    Device Experiences

  20. WE KNOW

    What’s Next

  21. WE KNOW

    Location Based Services

  22. WE ARE

    +Transformative

    When you can’t wait to see what’s next, you make it. We’ve pushed the future of mobile for the last eight years for that very reason. Take this site, for instance. It’s not just a chance to talk about ourselves; it’s an experiment that will keep evolving along with our ideas about what’s next.

  23. WE ARE

    +Native

    To know where you’re going, you must know where you’ve been. We know the lay of the land because we’ve been here since the dawn of mobile and, like digital sherpas, we guide clients through the constantly shifting terrain of mobile innovation, so they can see the view from the top.