SXSW Interactive, 2012
Location: Austin, Texas South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of film, interactive and music festivals and conferences that take…
How SourceMap Reveals the Backbone of Civilization
A longer version of this post first appeared on the MIT Center for Civic Media’s blog. A recent lunch at…
Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, March 13, 2012
The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education 1. Is there a disconnect between j-school and reality?…
Daily Must Reads, March 13, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1.Twitter acquires shortform blogging company Posterous…
7 Ways to Get Programmers to Stop Hating You
After almost two decades of working closely with diverse types of techs, I’ve slowly found myself transforming from a nice,…
Special Series: SXSW 2012
What started out as a casual live music conference has grown into something huge. The South by Southwest conference now…
Daily Must Reads, March 12, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Is CNN buying social-media news site…
Pew Report Finds Americans Unfriending Over Political Beliefs
As a teenager who was vocally opinionated about political issues, I often heard the cautionary refrain “Politics is not the…
The Faces Behind Public Lab’s Grassroots Research Community
This post was co-authored by Sara Wylie, a a Public Laboratory co-founder. Public Laboratory is an open-source software and hardware…
Howard Rheingold: Knowing How to Collaborate Is Essential
I just read the Kindle edition of “Net Smart,” written by writer and critic Howard Rheingold. The book provides a…