The Crowd and the Mob: Opportunities, Cautions for Constant Video Surveillance
Recent events in Boston highlight both the potential and hazards of ever-present cameras. In the hours following the April 15…
Daily Must Reads, May 23, 2013
1. After hijackings, Twitter adds two-step security feature (NYT) 2. Inside Google's secret lab (Businessweek) 3. Objectivity and the decades-long shift from 'just the facts'…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, May 23, 2013
1. Can Stephen King impact the future of e-books? (Bright Side of News) 2. Amazon to launch commercial fan fiction platform (The Bookseller) 3. 5…
13 Lessons from Killing Our College Daily Paper and Pushing Digital
The party, the pizza, the beer and a duck changed everything for our campus newspaper. On a warm October night…
Tumblr CEO David Karp’s Wild Ride from 14-Year-Old Intern to Multimillionaire
Yahoo on Monday announced it had acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion. A mentor to Tumblr creator and founder David Karp…
Want an Affordable Infrared Camera? Give to Public Lab’s ‘Infragram’ Project on Kickstarter
This post was co-written by Public Lab organizer Don Blair. Public Lab is pleased to announce the launch of our…
Pop Up Archive Makes Audio Searchable, Findable, Reusable
After an insane and memorable week at SXSW Interactive in Austin in March, we came away with our work cut…
Daily Must Reads, May 22, 2013
1. Oklahoma governor thanks media for tornado coverage, local news social media sets records (Poynter) 2. Teens are tired of Facebook 'drama,' find…
NowThis News’ Ed O’Keefe: Making Video News for Mobile ‘Changes Everything’
Typically, web content flows from a website into social media and mobile apps. NowThis News, founded last September by veterans…
Former Facebook ME Dan Fletcher: ‘It’s a Great Time to Launch a New Publication’
This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Northwestern University Knight Lab and originally appeared on the Lab’s blog…